PACIFIC INS. CO. v. QUARLES DRILLING CORP.

No. 87-3708.

850 F.2d 1087 (1988)

PACIFIC INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. QUARLES DRILLING CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant, v. SWETT & CRAWFORD OF TEXAS, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richmond M. Eustis, Charles A. Nunmaker, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Robert B. Deane, Dana H. Beer, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toller & Sarpy, New Orleans, La., for Pacific Ins. Co.

Ernest L. O'Bannon, New Orleans, La., for Swett & Crawford of Texas, Inc.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, RUBIN and JONES, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Chief Judge:

Quarles Drilling Corporation (Quarles) appeals from the grant of summary judgment which reformed an insurance policy issued to Quarles by Pacific Insurance Company (Pacific). We affirm.

I.

Early in 1983, Quarles contacted its insurance agents, Haas and Wilkerson, to procure hull and indemnity insurance for six drilling barges and worker's compensation and employers' liability insurance. Haas and Wilkerson contacted an insurance...

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