EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU as Representative of Those Certain Underwriters Subscribing to Certificate no. 14880 and Certificate no. 14482, Plaintiff-Appellee,
v.
SUWANNEE RIVER SPA LINES, INC., Suwannee River Chartering, Inc., Permian Trading Corporation, Occidental Export, Inc., Occidental Chemical Agricultural Products, Inc., and Occidental Petroleum Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC., et al., Defendants,
J.J. Henry Co., Inc., and Victoria Machine Works, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC., et al., Defendants,
Victoria Machine Works, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.
OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC., et al., Defendants,
Victoria Machine Works, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU as Representative of those Certain Underwriters Subscribing to Certificate no. 14880 and Certificate no. 14482, Plaintiff-Appellee,
Suwanne River Spa Lines, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.
EMPLOYERS INSURANCE OF WAUSAU as Representative of those Certain Underwriters Subscribing to Certificate no. 14880 and Certificate no. 14482, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees,
v.
AVONDALE SHIPYARDS, INC. and Ogden Corporation, Defendants-Appellants.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 13, 1989.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 20, 1989.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Geoffrey J. Ginos, Herbert M. Lord, Burlingham, Underwood & Lord, New York City, John J. Weigel, Stewart E. Niles, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Ogden and Avondale.
Norman C. Sullivan, Jr., Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Laborde, New Orleans, La., Terence Gargan, New York City, for Hvida, et al.
James B. Kemp, Jr., George R. Wentz, Jr., George B. Hall, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellees.
John J. Weigel, Stewart E. Niles, Jr., Madeleine Fischer, Edward H. Bergin, George R. Alvey, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Avondale.
Charles E. Lugenbuhl, Nathan P. Horner, Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck & Rankin, New Orleans, La., for Employers Ins. and Am. Underwriters.
Phillip A. Wittmann, Denise M. Pilie, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, La., Jesse Climenko, John B. Grant, Jr., New York City, for J.J. Henry Co., Inc.
James B. Kemp, Jr., Margot Mazeau, New Orleans, La., for Certain Underwriters at Lloyds.
Paul A. Nalty, Joel L. Borrello, Michael D. Carbo, New Orleans, La., for Victoria Machine Works.
Before KING and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and BOYLE, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 20, 1989.
KING, Circuit Judge:
I.
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