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CASON v. DIAMOND M DRILLING CO.

No. 82 CA 0638.

436 So.2d 1245 (1983)

Delton H. CASON v. DIAMOND M DRILLING COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 7, 1983.

Writ Denied November 18, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Baggett, Baggett, McCall, Singleton, Ranier & Ieyoub, Lake Charles, for plaintiff.

Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Weigand & Siegrist, Houma, for Diamond M Drilling Co., defendant and third party plaintiff.

Randall Theunissen, Allen Gooch & Bourgeois, Lafayette, for Union Oil Co., defendant and third party plaintiff.

Before EDWARDS, WATKINS and SHORTESS, JJ.

WATKINS, Judge.

This is a personal injury action brought by Delton H. Cason against Diamond M Drilling Company and Union Oil Company of California for injuries sustained by Cason when a well guide or templet on which Cason was engaged in welding fell into the Gulf of Mexico from a jackup rig, Diamond M 99. Diamond M had drilled a well from the rig, which was in the process of being plugged and abandoned. Cason was on the well guide cutting gussets with a welding torch...

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