DAVIDSON v. ENSTAR CORP.

No. 86-3874.

848 F.2d 574 (1988)

Mr. and Mrs. Tommy DAVIDSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ENSTAR CORPORATION, Joe D. Price, Furth Oil Company, and Shell Offshore, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Robert D. HOUSE and Shirley House, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ENSTAR PETROLEUM, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Keaty, Kerry E. Shields, Keaty & Keaty, New Orleans, La., for Davidson, et al. and House, et al.

James H. Daigle, Allen J. Krouse, III, Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, New Orleans, La., for Enstar, etc. et al.

Before RUBIN, WILLIAMS, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants appeal from an adverse summary judgment in a personal injury action against several of the co-owners of an offshore oil platform on which they were injured. The district court ruled that the plaintiffs/appellants were employed by a joint venture and that the appellee platform owners were members of that joint venture and therefore were shielded from tort liability by the Longshore & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (LHWCA...

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