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NANCE v. GULF OIL CORP.

No. 86-3122.

817 F.2d 1176 (1987)

Dwayne E. NANCE, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Fireman's Fund Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellee, v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied July 8, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O. Charrier, Jr., Thurl Stalnaker, Jr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Walker P. MacMurdo, Cave & McKay, R.C. Edwins, Baton Rouge, La., for Nance.

David K. Persons, Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, Metairie, La., for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellant, Gulf Oil Corporation, appeals from an adverse jury verdict rendered as a result of a personal injury suit brought by Dwayne Nance. We reverse and remand.

In 1984 plaintiff Nance, an employee of Service Equipment & Engineering Company (SEE), tripped on a water hose and fell approximately 20 feet from the drill floor of SEE's rig through its open "V-door" to the top deck of an offshore drilling platform owned by...

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