CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS, LONDON v. ORYX ENERGY CO.

Civil Action No. G-96-306.

957 F.Supp. 930 (1997)

CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS, LONDON Who Are Members of Lloyd's Syndicated Numbered 658, 483, 741, 687, 79, 872, 535, 552, 123, 114, 741, 209, 1023, 309, 872 and 500, et al. v. ORYX ENERGY COMPANY.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Galveston Division.

February 21, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Richard Watkins, Royston Rayzor Vickery & Williams, Galveston, TX, Bradley A. Jackson, Edward D. Vickery, Royston Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Houston, TX, for plaintiffs Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, Indemnity Marine Assurance Co., Ltd., Zurich Re (UK), Ltd., Ocean Marine Insurance Co. Ltd., Commercial Union Assurance, Tokio Marine & Fire, Phoenix Assurance P.L.C., LSA, Northern Assurance Company Limited, Gan Minster Insurance Co., Ltd., Terra Nova Insurance Company Ltd., Phoenix Assurance Public Ltd., Cornhill Insurance P.L.C., Yorkshire Insurance Co., Ltd., Skandia Marine Insurance Company (UK), Scottish Lion Insurance Co., Ltd., Hansa Re & Marine Insurance Company (UK) Limited, Threadneedle Insurance Co., Ltd., Sphere Drake Insurance, Dai-Tokyo Insurance Co., Compagnie D'Assurancey Martimes, Aeriennes & Terrestres (CAMAT), Americas Insurance Company, Hansa Re-Marine, Anglo American Insurance Company, Gan France, Phoenix, Terra Nova, Camat, Cornhill D. A/C, Skandia Marine, Indemnity Marine, Yorkshire L. A/C, Zurich Re, Ocean Marine, Phoenix LSA A/C, Northern Marine, London & Edinburgh, Gan Minster, Gernerali, Sphere Drake No. 1, Scottish Lion.

Jim E. Cowles, B. Michael Bennett, Cowles and Thompson, Dallas, TX, for defendant Oryx Energy Company.


ORDER GRANTING SUMMARY JUDGMENT

KENT, District Judge.

Now before the Court are Plaintiffs' Motion for Summary Judgment, dated September 4, 1996, and Defendant's Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment, dated September 27, 1996. For the reasons set forth below, Plaintiffs' Motion is GRANTED and Defendant's Motion is DENIED.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

This case arises out of the serious personal injuries sustained by...

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