MELANCON v. TASSIN AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT CORP.

No. CA-0251.

427 So.2d 932 (1983)

O'Neil MELANCON v. TASSIN AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT CORPORATION and Their Insurer, Argonaut Insurance Company; Pipeline, Inc. and Their Insurer, Travelers Insurance Company; and Texaco, Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene D. Brierre, Brierre & Malone, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant, O'Neil Melancon.

R. Henry Sarpy, Jr., Nat G. Keifer, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendants-appellees, Texaco, Inc., Pipelines, Inc., and Travelers Ins. Co.

Paul G. Preston, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee, James Tassin.

Before KLEES, BARRY and CIACCIO, JJ.


KLEES, Judge.

This is an appeal by plaintiff O'Neil Melancon from a judgment dismissing his personal injury suit on summary judgment and dismissing certain executive officers on exceptions of prescription.

FACTS

In 1970, Texaco Oil Company leased and operated an oil field called the "Garden Island Bay Field", located near the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish. Due to insufficient pressure in the field, some of the oil reserves...

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