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AINSWORTH v. SHELL OFFSHORE, INC.

No. 87-4006.

829 F.2d 548 (1987)

Fred H. AINSWORTH and Gloria Ainsworth, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHELL OFFSHORE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Scott, B. Gerald Weeks, Weeks & Wells, Alexandria, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Arthur A. Crais, Jr., Judith Y. Robertson, Adams & Reese, Edwin C. Laizer, James E. Blazek, Scott E. Delacroix, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RANDALL and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Fred and Gloria Ainsworth appeal the grant of a summary judgment dismissing their suit against Shell Offshore, Inc., 649 F.Supp. 1223 (W.D.La.1986). We find no error and affirm.

I.

Shell Offshore, Inc. (Shell) owns an offshore platform permanently affixed to the floor of the Gulf of Mexico on the Outer Continental Shelf off the Louisana coast. Shell hired an independant contractor...

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