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MYERS v. PENNZOIL CO.

No. 89-4135.

889 F.2d 1457 (1989)

Cindy MYERS, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of her minor daughter, Danette L. Myers, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. PENNZOIL COMPANY, et al. Defendants, Commercial Shearing, Inc. and The Continental Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 22, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William O. Bonin, Landry, Watkins & Bonin, Iberia, La., for defendants-appellants.

Jimmy L. Dauzat, Brinkhaus, Dauzat, Falgoust & Caviness, Opelousas, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DAVIS and SMITH, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.

LITTLE, District Judge:

I. FACTS

While working on a stationary platform in the Gulf of Mexico, Dwayne Myers suffered fatal injuries. Pennzoil Company, the rig owner, engaged Loffland Brothers Co., Myers' employer, to drill a well. The equipment employed to perform the drilling function was owned by Loffland. As is usual with mineral exploration and discovery, sections of drilling pipe are screwed together to provide the lengthy shaft from the drilling rig...

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