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DOUCET v. GULF OIL CORP.

Nos. 83-3711, 84-3434 and 84-3612.

783 F.2d 518 (1986)

Richard Joseph DOUCET, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. Richard Joseph DOUCET, Plaintiff, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DANOS & CUROLE MARINE CONTRACTORS, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellant, Richard Joseph DOUCET, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee Cross-Appellant, v. DANOS & CUROLE MARINE CONTRACTORS, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henderson, Hanemann & Morris, J. Mark Graham, Joseph A. Reilly, Jr., Houma, La., for Danos & Curole Marine Contractors, Inc.

Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Grady S. Hurley, Robert M. Contois, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Oil Corp.

Guy E. Wall, New Orleans, La., Joshua A. Tilton, Baton Rouge, La., Kevin A. Galatas, New Orleans, La., for amicus-Tenneco.

Before RUBIN and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges, and POLOZOLA, District Judge.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A roustabout nominally employed by a contractor sued the oil company for whom the contractor had agreed to provide labor services on theories of negligence and strict liability for injuries allegedly received while working on the oil company's offshore production platform. The jury found that the oil company was the employer of the roustabout because it had borrowed his services, and, hence, was shielded from tort liability. Ruling on...

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