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GULF FLEET MARINE OPERATIONS v. WARTSILA POWER

No. 85-3592.

797 F.2d 257 (1986)

GULF FLEET MARINE OPERATIONS, INC., Plaintiff, v. WARTSILA POWER, INC., Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHBROOK EXCESS AND SURPLUS INSURANCE COMPANY, Third-Party-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Francois Allain, New Orleans, La., for defendant-third-party-plaintiff-appellant.

Camp, Carmouche, Barsh, Hunter, Gray, Hoffman & Gill, James R. Sutterfield, Nancy A. Donovan, New Orleans, La., for third-party-defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, JOHNSON, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This admiralty case is a coverage dispute between an insurer and its insured. The insured, while overhauling a diesel marine engine, failed to repair and inspect properly a coupling connecting the piping between the lube oil pump and the engine. At sea, one of the pipes vibrated out of the coupling, causing severe damage to the engine. The insured settled the resulting suit by the ship...

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