ROSSKAMP v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO.

No. 92-3011.

992 F.2d 557 (1993)

James Edward ROSSKAMP, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, Kerr McGee Corporation, Intervenor-Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Garvey Algero, Kenneth H. Laborde, Pulaski, Gieger & Laborde, New Orleans, LA, for James Edward Rosskamp.

Nicholas Canaday, III, Adams & Reese, Baton Rouge, LA, for Kerr McGee.

George B. Jurgens, III, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, LA, for Phillips Petroleum.

William W. Pugh, Donald R. Abaunza, Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, for amicus-Chevron/Texaco/Mobil/Amoco/Shell/LL & E.

Before JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and BRAMLETTE, District Judge.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff James Edward Rosskamp was a Kerr McGee Corporation employee who serviced platforms throughout the Gulf. While he was checking the light on a navigation-aid pole on a Louisiana platform, the pole fell with him and on him to the deck below. Phillips Petroleum Company was a one-half owner of the platform with Kerr McGee. The co-owners had entered a joint operating agreement under which the platform was operated by Kerr McGee...

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