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REED v. SHELL OFFSHORE, INC.

No. 88-3144.

872 F.2d 680 (1989)

Jimmy REED and Cindy Reed, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. SHELL OFFSHORE INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 15, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Daniel Picou, Bailey & Leininger, Metairie, La., for defendant-appellant.

Craig J. Robichaux, John W. Anthony, Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, Bogalusa, La., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before REAVLEY, WILLIAMS, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Shell Offshore Inc. was found liable as the custodian of a defective thing, Louisiana Civil Code Art. 2317, after Jimmy Reed fell through a hole in a grated floor of an offshore platform. The issues are whether the hole, covered with a sheet of plywood, was dangerously defective; whether judgment should have been rendered for Shell because as a matter of law, the accident was caused by the fault of a third party; and whether the trial...

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