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

No. 90-3238.

920 F.2d 272 (1991)

Stephen T. LADUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHEVRON, U.S.A., INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward F. Kohnke, IV, Richard V. Kohnke, Healey & Kohnke, New Orleans, La. for plaintiff-appellant.

David L. Duplantier, U.S. Atty., Chevron, Inc., George Burton Jurgens, III, Marion L. Fagan, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before RUBIN, SMITH, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 7, 1991.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A roustabout, employed by an independent contractor hired to replace decayed deck grating on an offshore mineral-production platform, was injured when a piece of the deck grating gave way under his weight. He brought suit under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, alleging that the platform owner was strictly liable under Louisiana Civil Code Articles 2317 and 2322. Because...

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