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MATTER OF TALBOTT BIG FOOT, INC.

No. 88-3612.

887 F.2d 611 (1989)

In the Matter of TALBOTT BIG FOOT, INC., et al. TALBOTT BIG FOOT, INC., Patterson Gulf Coast Drilling Co., Inc., and Patterson Gulf Coast Drilling Associates, Ltd., Plaintiffs, v. Richard BOUDREAUX et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. ASSURANCEFORENINGEN GARD, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 2, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence N. Curtis, Lafayette, La., for Boudreaux.

T. Peter Breslin, Matairie, La., for Mrs. Percy Barbier and Wilson.

Estelle E. Mahoney, Louis J. St. Martin, Houma, La., for Johnny Nichols.

Jed Gremillion, Lafayette, La., for Karen D. Barbier.

Winston Edw. Rice, Docia Dalby, Rice, Fowler, Kingsmill, Vance & Flint, New Orleans, La., for third party defendant-appellee.

Before POLITZ, DAVIS and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, three injured workers and the legal representative of one deceased worker, appeal the dismissal of their actions against the P & I insurer of a drilling barge that sank in the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana coastal waters. We disagree with the district court's conclusion that appellants must wait until the insured and insurer have arbitrated policy coverage disputes before appellants can proceed against the insurer under...

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