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HYDE v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC.

No. 81-3200.

697 F.2d 614 (1983)

Gerald M. HYDE, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, and Employers National Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee, v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. POOL OFFSHORE and Jeremy Hew Phillips, Third Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 7, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

John D. Schoonenberg, Houma, La., for Hyde.

Ronald A. Johnson, New Orleans, La., for Pool Offshore.

Patrick E. O'Keefe, Richard A. Sabalot, New Orleans, La., for Employers Nat. Ins. Co. (intervenor).

Before BROWN, WISDOM and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This diversity action is controlled by Louisiana law. The core of this appeal is the district court's imposition of strict liability on Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (Chevron), owner of an offshore drilling platform, for injuries sustained by Gerald Hyde, an oil worker employed by the drilling contractor, Pool Offshore Company (Pool). Hyde was injured in an accident on the platform. The district court held that the accident was caused by the "failure...

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