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IN RE INCIDENT ABOARD D/B OCEAN KING

No. 83-3519.

758 F.2d 1063 (1985)

In re INCIDENT ABOARD the D/B OCEAN KING on August 30, 1980. CITIES SERVICE COMPANY and Getty Oil Company, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. OCEAN DRILLING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY and Odeco, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, Hydril Company, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Liskow & Lewis, Charles M. Steen, Larry M. Roedel, New Orleans, La., for Cities & Getty.

Ross, Griggs & Harrison, Kent Westmoreland, Houston, Tex., for Getty Oil.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer & Matthews, Geo. A. Frilot, III, Michael A. McGlone, James H. Brown, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Odeco & Ocean Drilling.

Earl S. Eichin, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Hydril Co.

Before JOHNSON and HILL, Circuit Judges, and BOYLE, District Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Cities Service Company, Getty Oil Company, and Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company (ODECO) all appeal from the judgment of the district court in litigation arising out of a "blow out" and fire aboard the drilling rig the D/B OCEAN KING allegedly caused by a defective blow out preventer manufactured by Hydril Company. The jury found that Hydril Company, the defendant, was seven percent liable for both personal injury and property damage claims...

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