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JOINER v. DIAMOND M DRILLING CO.

No. 80-3896.

688 F.2d 256 (1982)

Kathy L. JOINER, Etc., et al., Plaintiffs, v. DIAMOND M DRILLING CO. and Halliburton Company, Defendants and Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. C. Babson FRESH, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Houma, La., for Diamond.

Allen L. Smith, Jr., Jeff M. Cole, Lake Charles, La., for Halliburton.

Provosty, Sadler & De Launay, LeDoux R. Provosty, Jr., F. Rae Swent, Alexandria, La., for Dr. C. Burton Fresh.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, GOLDBERG and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This truncated appeal began with a jurisdictional faux pas and finds its denouement in our conclusion that there has been a French Revolution in Louisiana's law of solidary obligations.

This case arises from the offshore injury and subsequent onshore death of a seaman. The seaman's widow brought damage actions against her late husband's maritime employer and against the manufacturer of allegedly defective shipboard equipment...

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