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SHEFFIELD v. UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 90-624.

592 So.2d 471 (1991)

Milton E. SHEFFIELD and Betty H. Sheffield, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Intervenor-Appellant, v. UNION TEXAS PETROLEUM CORPORATION; Universal Products, Inc.; Thunderbay Contractors, Inc.; Prime Manpower, Inc.; Weldon Miller Contractors, Inc.; and Automation USA, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 18, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Joseph L. Lemoine, Jr., John A. Bernard, Lafayette, for plaintiff-appellant.

Voorhies & Labbe, James P. Lambert, Lafayette, for Prime Manpower-Audubon Ins.

Liskow & Lewis, S. Gene Fendler, New Orleans, for Union Tex. Petroleum.

Broussard & David, Hal J. Broussard, Lafayette, for Automation USA.

Michael S. O'Brien, Judith Z. Gardner, Lafayette, for Aetna.

Preis, Kraft & Daigle, Susan A. Daigle, Charles Mouton, Lafayette, for Miller Contractors.

Roy, Carmouche, Bivins, Judice, Henke & Breaud, Philip E. Roberts, Lafayette, for Thunderbay.

Gregg Spyridon, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and GUIDRY and KING, JJ.

KING, Judge.

This appeal presents for consideration the correctness of the actions of the court and jury in rejecting plaintiffs' claims and the action of the trial court in assessing court costs.

This suit arises from an accident which occurred on a two-story metal platform which was located on a barge while it was being refurbished for use in offshore oil production. This appeal comes before this court, after a trial on the merits, as a result of a judgment...

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