WAGNER v. McDERMOTT, INC.

No. 95-30163.

79 F.3d 20 (1996)

Mark WAGNER, Plaintiff, v. McDERMOTT, INC., Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CAPITAL WELDING & FABRICATION, INC.; Landry Enterprises, Inc. of Morgan City; Commercial Union Insurance Co.; Storebrand Insurance Co., U.K. Ltd., Third Party Defendants-Appellees, and Storebrand International U.K. Ltd.; Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., Third Party Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for plaintiff.

James B. Doyle, Kevin Louis Camel, Woodley, Williams, Fenet, Boudreau, Norman & Brown, Lake Charles, LA, for McDermott, Inc. and Storebrand Intern. U.K. Ltd.

Thomas J. Eppling, Metairie, LA, Valerie Anne Young, Metairie, LA, for Capital Welding & Fabrication, Inc., Landry Enterprises, Inc. of Morgan City and Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Gary P. Kraus, Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara and Abell, Lafayette, LA, for Commercial Union Ins. Co. and Storebrand International U.K. Ltd.

Patrick John Hanna, Lafayette, LA, for Storebrand Intern. U.K. Ltd.

James Clayton Davie, Jr., McAlpine, Peuler, Cozad and Davie, New Orleans, LA, Spiro J. Verras, New Orleans, LA, for Storebrand Ins. Co., U.K. Ltd.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, JOLLY and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

McDermott, appellant/third-party plaintiff, appeals from a judgment dismissing its third-party claims for contractual indemnity against Appellees. The district court in a cogent and well reasoned opinion entered judgment against McDermott because its claims are barred by the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act.1 Wagner v. McDermott, Inc., 899 F.Supp. 1551 (W.D.La.1994...

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