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GARY v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC.

No. 90-4436.

940 F.2d 139 (1991)

Dexter Jean GARY, Kay Gary and Dirk Gary, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Commercial Union Insurance Co. and Linda Ann Faulk, As Natural Tutrix of Raven Kay Gary, Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MALONEY-CRAWFORD, INC., Third Party Defendant-Fourth Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FEDERAL INSURANCE CO., Fourth-Party Defendant Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank E. Lemoine, Darrell J. Hartmen, Abbeville, La., for Gary, et al.

Patrick J. Hanna, Joseph L. Lemoine, Jr., Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, Lafayette, La., for Commercial Union Ins. Co.

Katherine W. Vincent, J. Isaac Funderburk, Funderburk, Conque, Edwards & Herrin, Abbeville, La., for Linda Ann Faulk.

Stephen C. Carleton, George B. Jurgen, III, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, La., for Chevron.

Michael W. Adley, Juneau, Hill, Judice & Adley, Lafayette, La., for Federal Ins. Co.

Before REAVLEY, POLITZ and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Chevron U.S.A., Inc. appeals from the district court's judgment holding it strictly liable under Louisiana law for damages resulting from a loose grate on one of its offshore drilling platforms. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In late 1986, Chevron contracted with Acadian Contractors, Inc. to renovate several of its offshore drilling platforms. For each platform, Chevron gave Acadian a ...

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