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MOLETT v. PENROD DRILLING CO.

No. 88-4136.

872 F.2d 1221 (1989)

Bess Caroline MOLETT, Individually and on Behalf of her minor son, John Dreisch Molett, IV, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PENROD DRILLING CO., et al., Defendants. GEARENCH, INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COLUMBUS-McKINNON, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth G. Engerrand, G. Byron Sims, Houston, Tex., for third party defendant-appellant.

Jeffrey Rhoades, Lafayette, La., for Gearench, Inc.

Before THORNBERRY, KING and JONES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the remand of this case after our opinion in Molett v. Penrod Drilling Co., 826 F.2d 1419 (5th Cir.1987) (Molett I). At issue for the first time in the litigation is the jurisdiction of the federal courts to adjudicate a claim for indemnity between a defendant and third-party defendant. We conclude that we lack admiralty jurisdiction over the claim in question, but we remand to the...

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