CONOCO, INC. v. REPUBLIC INS. CO.

No. 86-2590.

819 F.2d 120 (1987)

CONOCO, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REPUBLIC INSURANCE CO., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold K. Watson, Laura Gibson, Liddell, Sapp & Zivley, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

S. Gene Fendler, Don K. Haycraft, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, WILLIAMS and HILL, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

Conoco hired a ship owned by Bonanza. The ship was insured by Republic. The ship sank. Bonanza went broke. The parties went to court, and ten years later they are still there. This particular appeal is brought by Republic Insurance Co. from a summary judgment against it in favor of Conoco entered by the district court. We reverse.

I. The Facts: Bonanza's Foreman Messes Up.

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