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QUIRK v. MUSTANG ENGINEERING, INC.

No. 97-31289.

143 F.3d 973 (1998)

Gerard QUIRK and Rose Quirk, individually and on behalf of Joey Quirk, Gerry Quirk and Rusty Quirk, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MUSTANG ENGINEERING, INC., Deepwater Production Systems, Inc., BP Exploration & Oil, Inc., and Tatham Offshore, Inc., Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. J. Frazer GAAR, M.D., Defendant-Third-Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Joy, III, Lafayette, LA, for the Quirks.

Hal J. Broussard, James T. Rivera, Broussard, David and Daigle, Lafayette, LA, for Mustang Engineering, Inc.

Allen L. Smith, Jr., Plauche, Smith & Nieset, Lake Charles, LA, for Deepwater Production Systems, Inc. BP Exploration & Oil, Inc. and Tatham Offshore, Inc.

Marc Wayne Judice, James J. Hautot, Jr., Judice & Adley, Lafayette, LA, for J. Frazier Gaar.

Before GARWOOD, DAVIS and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Dr. J. Frazer Gaar appeals from an order of the district court denying his motion for summary judgment based on absolute quasi-judicial immunity. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

I.

On June 5, 1993, while working as a pipe fitter for Seawolf Services, Inc., appellee Gerard Quirk tripped and fell backwards on an offshore platform, injuring his back. He was immediately treated at a local hospital emergency...

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