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AZZOPARDI v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION CO.

No. 83-2483.

742 F.2d 890 (1984)

H. AZZOPARDI, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Paul Azzopardi, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION CO., et al., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Opinion on Rehearing November 19, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton B. Schwartz, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert A. Chaffin, Chairman, Paul Miller, TTLA Committee on Admiralty Law, Houston, Tex., for amicus Texas Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

Charles D. Kennedy, Houston, Tex., for Ocean.

Frank E. Caton, Robert F. Maher, Houston, Tex., for Comex.

Randy J. McClanahan, Houston, Tex., for Comex Marine.

Before JOHNSON, HIGGINBOTHAM and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

I.

In October 1977, Paul Azzopardi, a British citizen, was killed while working as a diver off the Zephyr I, a semi-submersible drilling rig located in the English Channel. In June 1979, Azzopardi's father brought this suit against Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company (ODECO), a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Louisiana, in the 215th Judicial District...

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