HODGEN v. FOREST OIL CORP.

No. 94-41244.

115 F.3d 358 (1997)

Jerry B. HODGEN; Bobby Sue Hodgen, Plaintiffs, v. FOREST OIL CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, FOREST OIL CORPORATION; Ronald J. Doucet, Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Intervenor Defendants-Cross Claim Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, Forest Oil Corporation, in its capacity as platform owner; Ronald J. Doucet, Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Intervenor Defendants-Cross Claim Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross Appellees, v. A & A BOATS INC.; C & G Marine Service Inc., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Intervenor Defendants-Cross Claim Defendants-Appellees-Cross Appellants, v. OPERATORS & CONSULTING SERVICES INC., Third Party Defendant-Cross Claim Defendant-Appellee, Chancellor Insurance Company; Yorkshire Insurance Company Limited; Cornhill Insurance PLC; Allianz International Insurance Company Limited; Ocean Marine Insurance Company Limited, Third Party Defendants-Appellees, ALBANY INSURANCE CO., Third Party Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., Intervenor Plaintiff-Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied July 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl James Hebert, Michael W. Mallory, Evans & Company, New Orleans, LA, for Forest Oil Corp. and Doucet.

Donald Coleman Brown, Todd Michael Ammons, Woodley, Williams, Fenet, Boudreau, Norman & Brown, Lake Charles, LA, for Doucet.

John Francis Emmett, New Orleans, LA, for A & A Boats, Inc. and C & G Marine Service, Inc.

Bonnie M. Steiner, James R. Sutterfield, Hoffman, Sutterfield, Ensenat & Bankston, New Orleans, LA, for Yorkshire Ins. Co., Ltd., Cornhill Ins. PLC, Allianz Intern. Ins. Co., Ltd., Ocean Marine Ins. Co., Ltd.

Paul B. David, Richard J. Guidry, Broussard, David & Daigle, Lafayette, LA, Dennis Joseph Vidrine, Lafayette, LA, for Operators & Consulting Services, Inc.

Ben E. Clayton, Waller & Associates, Metairie, LA, Kevin J. Koenig, Raggio, Cappel, Chozen & Berniard, Lake Charles, LA, for Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.

Edward F. LeBreton, III, Rice Fowler, New Orleans, LA, Cindy Teresa Matherne, Johnson, Johnson, Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, for Albany Ins. Co.

Robert W. Fenet, Woodley, Williams, Fenet, Boudreau, Norman & Brown, Lake Charles, LA, for Forest Oil Corp.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied July 29, 1997.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

In a prior opinion, this panel affirmed the district court's judgment in part and certified remaining issues to the Louisiana Supreme Court. See Hodgen v. Forest Oil Corp., 87 F.3d 1512 (5th Cir.1996). The Louisiana Supreme Court declined certification. The parties subsequently settled all but one of the certified...

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