Jerry B. HODGEN and Bobbie Sue Hodgen
v.
FOREST OIL CORPORATION, Ronald J. Doucet, A & A Boats, Inc. and C & G Marine Service, Inc., et al.
United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lafayette-Opelousas Division.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
September 15, 1994.
September 15, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jerry G. Jones, Jones & Alexander, Cameron, LA, for plaintiff and intervenor-defendant Jerry B. Hodgen.
Donald Coleman Brown, Todd M. Ammons, Woodley, Williams, Fenet, Palmer, Boudreau & Norman, Lake Charles, LA, for defendants, cross-claimants, third party plaintiffs and intervenors-defendants Forest Oil Corp., in its capacity as platform owner, and Ronald J. Doucet.
D. Kirk Boswell, Stephen E. Mattesky, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, LA, for third-party defendant Commercial Union Ins. Co. and defendants, cross-defendants, intervenor-defendants and third-party plaintiffs A & A Boats, Inc. and C & G Marine Service, Inc.
James R. Sutterfield, Bonnie M. Steiner, Nathan L. Schrantz, Hoffman, Sutterfield, Esenat & Bankston, New Orleans, LA, for third-party defendants Chancellor Ins. Co., Ltd., Yorkshire Ins. Co., Ltd., Cornhill Ins. PLC, Allianz Intern. Ins. Co., Ltd., and Ocean Marine Ins. Co., Ltd.
Edward F. LeBreton, III, Cindy T. Matherne, Rice, Fowler, Kingsmill, Vance, Flint & Booth, New Orleans, LA, for third-party defendant and third-party plaintiff Albany Ins. Co.
Kevin J. Koenig, Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, Lake Charles, LA, for intervenor Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co.
Carl James Hebert, Michael W. Mallory, Evans & Co., New Orleans, LA, for defendant, intervenor-defendant, cross-claimant and third-party plaintiff Forest Oil Corp. in its capacity as time-charterer.
James A. Cobb, Jr., John F. Emmett, Emmett, Cobb, Waits & Kessenich, for cross-defendants, intervenor-defendants, and third-party plaintiffs A & A Boats, Inc. and C & G Marine Service, Inc.
Paul B. David, Richard J. Guidry, Broussard, David & Daigle, Lafayette, LA, for cross-defendant and third-party defendant Operators and Consulting Services, Inc.
Muriel O. Van Horn, Lenfant & Associates, New Orleans, LA, for third-party defendant Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.
United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana, Lafayette-Opelousas Division.
MEMORANDUM RULING
PUTNAM, Senior District Judge.
This matter arises out of injuries sustained by plaintiff, Jerry B. Hodgen, on May 5, 1991 while making a swing rope transfer from a fixed platform onto a vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. In written reasons dated April 26, 1994, and amended April 28, 1994, we found that defendants — Forest Oil Corporation, in its capacity as time charterer of the M/V "Miss Deborah" (hereinafter "Forest"), and A...
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