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FONTENOT v. MESA PETROLEUM CO.

No. 85-4060.

791 F.2d 1207 (1986)

Andrew FONTENOT, Plaintiff, v. MESA PETROLEUM CO., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. ROWANDRILL, INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. BRISTOW OFFSHORE HELICOPTERS, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 13, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Daigle, Jr., Stephen P. Hall, New Orleans, La., for Bristow Offshore Helicopters, Inc.

Edward J. Marquet, Voorhies & Labbe, Michael W. Adley, Juneau, Hill, Judice, Marquet, Hill & Adley, Lafayette, La., for Mesa Petroleum Co.

David A. Hurlburt, Hurlburt & Privat, Lafayette, La., for Rowandrill, Inc.

Before BROWN, JOHNSON, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This case vividly illustrates how, in the complicated offshore drilling environment with its intricate divisions of responsibility and countless contractors and subcontractors, a simple slip-and-fall can turn into a multiparty morass of contribution cross-claims, third- and fourth-party defendants, reciprocal indemnity agreements, and the ever-popular warranties of workmanlike performance. The plaintiff in this litigation has long since...

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