LEDET v. MORAN BROS. DRILLING CO.

No. 90-380.

590 So.2d 631 (1991)

John LEDET, Sr. and Geraldine Romero, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MORAN BROTHERS DRILLING COMPANY, First Horizon Insurance Company, Kaneb Services, Inc., Moran Exploration, Inc., Moran Brothers, Inc., Diamond M Company & Dresser Industries, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

November 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeansonne & Briney, John A. Jeansonne, Jr., Lafayette, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bergstedt & Mount, Benjamin Mount, Lake Charles, for defendant-appellee Moran.

Allen, Gooch, Bourgeois, Breaux, Robison & Theunissen, Arthur I. Robison, Lafayette, Dresser, Davidson, Meaux, Sonnier, McElligott & Swift, John G. Swift, Lafayette, for defendant-appellee Pet. Engineers.

Before DOMENGEAUX, C.J., and STOKER and YELVERTON, JJ.


YELVERTON, Judge.

In this suit involving an oil rig accident, John Ledet, Sr., and his wife Geraldine, the plaintiffs, appeal a summary judgment granted to three defendants: Petroleum Engineers, Inc., its employee, Harry Brown, and their insurer, Mt. Hawley Insurance Company. The trial court ruled that no genuine issue of material fact existed as to the claims of the plaintiffs against the moving defendants, and that the movers were entitled to a summary judgment...

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