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TARLTON v. EXXON

No. 80-3478.

688 F.2d 973 (1982)

David R. TARLTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EXXON, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, DIAMOND M DRILLING, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee, v. GOLDEN MEADOWS ENTERPRISES, INC., and Eserman Offshore Services, Third-Party Defendants-Appellants, v. COASTAL BOAT OPERATORS, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 12, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph J. Waits, André J. Mouledoux, New Orleans, La., for Golden Meadows Enterprises and Eserman Offshore Services.

Lawrence D. Wiedemann, Stanley J. Jacobs, New Orleans, La., for Tarlton.

Philip E. Henderson, Houma, La., for Diamond M. Drilling.

E. Burt Harris, Rene J. Mouledoux, William B. Matthews, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Exxon.

A. Wendel Stout, III, Christopher Tompkins, New Orleans, La., for Coastal Boat Operators.

Before POLITZ and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

David Tarlton was injured while serving as the captain of the M/V BECT I, a vessel owned by Eserman Offshore Services, chartered to Exxon and operated by Golden Meadows Enterprises, Inc. The BECT I was used to service offshore platforms. On the day of Tarlton's accident, it delivered food supplies to an Exxon platform, on which Diamond M Drilling Company conducted drilling operations.

After the food box was off-loaded, a Diamond M employee...

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