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IN RE INCIDENT ABOARD D/B OCEAN KING ON 8/30/80

No. 85-3583.

813 F.2d 679 (1987)

In re INCIDENT ABOARD the D/B OCEAN KING ON AUGUST 30, 1980. CITIES SERVICE COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION CO., et al., Defendants. GETTY OIL CO. and Odeco, Inc., Defendants-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. HYDRIL CO., Defendant-Appellee Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Steen, New Orleans, La., Kent E. Westmoreland, Houston, Tex., for Cities Service Co. & Getty Oil Co.

George A. Frilot, III, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Fennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, New Orleans, La., for Odeco, Inc.

Earl S. Eichin, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Hydril Co.

Before BROWN, RUBIN, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This case arose from a blowout and fire which occurred on board the OCEAN KING, a drilling barge, which killed five people and caused several million dollars in property damage. The Fifth Circuit confronts it for the second time. Cities Service Co. v. Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co., 758 F.2d 1063 (5th Cir.1985). We there remanded the case for the District...

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