AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC. v. COMET CONST. CO.

No. 82-CA-131.

428 So.2d 1183 (1983)

AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC. v. COMET CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. and Market Insurance Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fifth Circuit.

March 8, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grady S. Hurley, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Wood Brown, III, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before KLIEBERT, GAUDIN and GRISBAUM, JJ.


KLIEBERT, Judge.

Avondale Shipyards, Inc. (Avondale), the prime contractor, and Comet Construction Company, Inc. (Comet), a sub-contractor, entered into an agreement under which Comet was to provide welding and pipefitting services on a drilling rig being constructed by Avondale. While employees of Comet were welding on the floor above the control room, a fire erupted in the rig's control room causing damage to equipment...

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