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WELLS v. FREEPORT-McMORAN, INC.

Civ. A. No. 86-3595.

715 F.Supp. 155 (1988)

Russell E. WELLS v. FREEPORT-McMORAN, INC.

United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lafayette-Opelousas Division.

December 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abadie, Harang & Colvin, Peter J. Abadie, Jr., and Cameron C. Gamble, Metairie, La., for plaintiff.

Frank M. Buck Jr., Law Offices of Leon A. Aucoin, Metairie, La., for Total and First Horizon.

Lombard & Silbert, Scott E. Silbert, Metairie, La., for Total Engineering Services Team, Inc.

Liskow & Lewis, George H. Robinson, Jr., and Mark A. Lowe, Lafayette, La., for defendants.

Weigand, Weigand & Meyer, Michael D. Meyer, New Orleans, La., for First Horizon Ins. Co.

RULING

LITTLE, District Judge.

The plaintiff, Russell Wells, brought this action to recover damages under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. §§ 1331 et seq., for injuries allegedly suffered while employed on a drilling platform owned by the defendant, Freeport-McMoran, Inc. The plaintiff's employer, Total Engineering Services Team ("TEST"), had contracted with the defendant to design, construct and install certain instruments...

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