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THORNTON v. BROWN & ROOT, INC.

Nos. 80-2343, 81-4032.

707 F.2d 149 (1983)

Billy THORNTON, Petitioner, v. BROWN & ROOT, INC., Highlands Insurance Company, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents, and James H. BROUSSARD, Petitioner, v. WAUKESHA-PEARCE INDUSTRIES, INC., Highlands Insurance Company, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atreus M. Clay, Houston, Tex., for Thornton.

Bradley Jackson, Ben L. Reynolds, Houston, Tex., for Brown & Root, Inc. and Highlands Ins. Co.

Joshua T. Gillelan, II, Dept. of Labor, Washington, D.C., for U.S. Dept. of Labor.

William P. Rutledge, Lafayette, La., for Broussard.

Robert Mahony, Lafayette, La., for Waukesha, et al.

Before BROWN, GOLDBERG and POLITZ, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Billy C. Thornton was employed on land by Brown & Root, Inc., constructing offshore stationary platforms for the production of oil. Petitioner James Broussard worked on land for Waukesha-Pearce Industries in the construction of housing modules and heliports for offshore stationary platforms.1

On occasion, as part of his job, each man helped load finished platforms or platform modules...

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