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BRANCH v. FIDELITY & CAS. CO. OF NEW YORK

No. 84-3050.

783 F.2d 1289 (1986)

Mrs. Wanda Selman BRANCH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. OF NEW YORK, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. CHEVRON INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants, CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. PLATFORM COATING, et al., Third-Party Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 5, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Robert B. Deane, New Orleans, La., for Stonewall Ins.

Jacques F. Bezou, New Orleans, La., for Branch and Marlowe.

McGlinchey, Stafford, et al., John E. Galloway, New Orleans, La., for Platform Coating Services, et al.

Faris, Ellis, Cutrone & Gilmore, Mat M. Gray, III, New Orleans, La. for Frank William Baiden, Lloyd's of London, et al.

Ivan D. Warner, III, New Orleans, La., for McMurrain.

McLoughlin, Barranger, Provosty & Melancon, Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for Chevron.

René A. Curry, Jr., Kurt S. Blankenship, New Orleans, La., for Fidelity & Cas. Co.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, POLITZ, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises out of an offshore oil platform accident in which Richard W. Branch, Jr. and James Danny Marlowe, two painters employed by Platform Coating Services, Inc., were killed. Their survivors sought damages from Chevron U.S.A., Inc., owner of the platform, based on allegations of negligence and strict liability. William McMurrain, a Platform Coating co-employee, brought an action for personal injuries allegedly sustained during a...

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