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BROWN v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA

No. 92-3078.

984 F.2d 674 (1993)

Patty Trahan BROWN, Wesley Brown, Individually and on behalf of this minor son, Jared Brown, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, Intervenor-Appellant, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert W. Barnes, Michael J. Samanie, Samanie, Barnes & Allen, Houma, LA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James R. Logan, IV, Cornelius, Sartin & Murphy, New Orleans, LA, for Intervenor Fidelity & Casualty.

Richard Kearney Christovich, Christovich & Kearney, New Orleans, LA, for Union Oil Co.

Before WISDOM and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges and DOHERTY, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

Wesley Brown, injured while working on an offshore oil platform, sued Union Oil Company of California (Union), the owner and operator of the platform. The district court granted Union's motion for directed verdict after determining that Brown was Union's borrowed employee and, therefore, Union enjoyed tort immunity under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 905(a). Brown and an intervening insurance company appeal. Finding...

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