DAVIS v. MOBIL OIL EXPLORATION & PRODUCING S.E.

No. 87-3895.

864 F.2d 1171 (1989)

Don Michael DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant & Cross-Appellee, Highlands Insurance Co., Intervenor and Third Party Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. MOBIL OIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCING SOUTHEAST, INC., Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. DUAL DRILLING COMPANY, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig R. Nelson, New Orleans, La., for Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc.

George M. Papale, Jesse M. Suit, III, Gretna, La., for Davis.

Jeffrey J. Christovich, New Orleans, La., for Highlands Ins. Co.

Daniel A. Webb, New Orleans, La., for Highlands and Dual Drilling.

Before JOHNSON, JOLLY, and JONES, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Mobil Oil Exploration and Producing Southeast, Inc. (Mobil) appeals from a district court judgment entered pursuant to a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff Don Michael Davis for injuries which Davis suffered while employed as a floorhand on a land rig located on a Mobil well site. The land rig was owned and operated by Dual Drilling Company (Dual). On appeal, Mobil primarily challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support the...

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