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AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC. v. INSURED LLOYD'S

No. 85-3115.

786 F.2d 1265 (1986)

AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. INSURED LLOYD'S, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis P. Accardo, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Terry J. Freiberger, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Edward J. Koehl, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Robert T. Lemon, II, New Orleans, La., for Avondale.

John T. Holmes, New Orleans, La., for Universal Systems, Inc.

Before GARWOOD, PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, and W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Avondale Shipyards, Inc. (Avondale) brought this diversity suit against Universal Systems, Inc. (Universal) and its insurer, Insured Lloyd's (Lloyds), seeking contractual indemnity from Universal for sums Avondale had paid in settlement of a prior personal injury action brought against it by Frank King (King), a Universal employee who was injured while working on a ship then under construction at Avondale's shipyard. Avondale likewise sought...

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