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KETCHUM v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 85-3305.

798 F.2d 159 (1986)

Russell L. KETCHUM, Plaintiff, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Travelers Insurance Company, Huthnance Drilling Company, and South State Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants, v. DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Gordon Starling, Jr., Gerard T. Gelpi, New Orleans, La., for defendants-appellants.

James M. Tompkins, John E. Galloway, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, POLITZ, and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

Before the court is an appeal of a summary judgment in favor of Dresser Industries, Inc., third-party defendant, for claims arising out of an accident on a Gulf Oil Corporation fixed platform located on the Outer Continental Shelf off the Louisiana coast. Finding no error, we affirm.

Facts

Gulf contracted with Dresser to perform certain wireline work on its drilling platform. Russell L. Ketchum, a Dresser employee, was...

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