ALEXANDER v. CHEVRON, U.S.A.

Nos. 86-4214, 86-4271 Summary Calendar.

806 F.2d 526 (1986)

Paul ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., Defendant-Appellee. Paul ALEXANDER, Plaintiff, v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., Defendant-Appellee, v. CHAMPION OIL AND GAS LEASE SERVICE, INC. and North River Insurance Company, Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Bourgeois, IV, Allen, Gooch, Bourgeois, Breaux & Robison, Lafayette, La., Jennifer J. Bercier, J.B. Jones, Jr., Cameron, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

George B. Jurgens, III, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Alexander sued Chevron U.S.A., Inc. (Chevron) to recover damages for injuries he suffered in a fire and explosion on Chevron's stationary production platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast. Champion Oil and Gas Lease Service, Inc. (Champion) and North River Insurance Company (North River) intervened seeking to recoup benefits paid to Alexander pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA). The...

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