BABINEAUX v. McBROOM RIG BLDG. SERVICE, INC.

No. 85-4886.

806 F.2d 1282 (1987)

Stephen BABINEAUX, Plaintiff, v. McBROOM RIG BUILDING SERVICE, INC. and North River Insurance Company, Intervenors-Appellees, v. READING & BATES DRILLING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Mandate Withheld February 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cliffe E. Laborde, III, LaBorde & LaFargue, Dean Anderson Cole, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellant.

James Huey Gibson, Allen, Gooch, Bourgeois, Breaux & Robison, Arthur I. Robison, Lafayette, La., for North River Ins. Co. and McBroom.

Before GARZA, DAVIS and JONES, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Reading & Bates Drilling Company (Reading & Bates) appeals the dismissal of its counterclaim against McBroom Rig Building Service, Inc. (McBroom) and North River Insurance Company (North River). The district court dismissed the counterclaim on summary judgment, relying on the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act. La.Rev.Stat.Ann. § 9:2780 (West 1986). We affirm.

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