TERRA RESOURCES v. LAKE CHARLES DREDGING & TOWING

No. 81-3330.

695 F.2d 828 (1983)

TERRA RESOURCES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. LAKE CHARLES DREDGING & TOWING INC., et al., Defendants. LAKE CHARLES DREDGING & TOWING INC. and Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York, Third Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY, Third Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Hurlburt, Lafayette, La., for third party defendant-appellant.

Woodley, Barnett, Cox, Williams & Fenet, J.L. Cox, Jr., Lake Charles, La., for third party plaintiffs-appellees.

Before BROWN, GOLDBERG and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Once again we set sail on the muddy seas of Louisiana contribution and indemnity law. Our voyage's purpose is to determine whether the district court erred in requiring Aetna Casualty & Surety to indemnify Lake Charles Dredging & Towing, Inc. and Fidelity & Casualty Insurance Co. for money paid in settlement to Terra Resources, Inc., and other plaintiffs (Terra)1 for damages caused when three drifting...

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