BECKER v. TIDEWATER, INC.

No. 01-31420.

335 F.3d 376 (2003)

Seth A. BECKER, Plaintiff-Intervenor Defendant-Appellee, v. TIDEWATER, INC., et al., Defendants, Tidewater Incorporated, Twenty Grand Offshore Incorporated, Tidewater Marine, L.L.C., Defendants-Third Party Plaintiffs-Intervenor Defendants-Appellees-Appellants, R&B Falcon Drilling USA, Inc., Pental Insurance Company, Ltd., Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellants, Hydra Rig, a division of Tuboscope Vetco International, L.P., Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Hydradyne Hydraulics, Inc., Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Appellee, v. Coflexip Stena Offshore, Inc., Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Appellee, v. Baker Hughes, Inc., Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc., Defendants-Intervenor Defendants-Appellants, and Baker Oil Tools, Inc., a division of Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc., Defendant-Third Party Defendant-Intervenor Plaintiff-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, Baker Oil Tools, a division of Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 21, 2002.

As Revised July 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Parkerson Roy (argued), Jamie D. Parker, Domengeaux, Wright, Roy & Edwards, Lafayette, LA, for Becker.

Cliffe E. Laborde, III (argued), James D'Arensbourg Hollier, Laborde & Neuner, Lafayette, LA, for Tidewater Inc., Twenty Grand Offshore, Inc., Tidewater Marine LLC, Pental Ins. Co., Ltd. and Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's Ins. Co.

Robert Emmett Kerrigan, Jr. (argued), Allen F. Campbell, Joseph Lee McReynolds (argued), Joseph Edward Lee, III, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, for Baker Hughes Inc., Baker Oil Tools, Inc., Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations, Inc. and Baker Oil Tools.

Douglas C. Longman, Jr. (argued), George Clifford Plauche', Perret Doise, Lafayette, LA, for Hydra Rig.

Paul Joseph Politz, Lynn Louise White, Taylor, Wellons, Politz & Duhe, New Orleans, LA, for Hydradyne Hydraulics, Inc.

Randall K. Theunissen, Arthur I. Robison, Allen & Gooch, Lafayette, LA, for Coflexip Stena Offshore Inc.

Before BENAVIDES, STEWART, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 21, 2002.*

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

Before the Court are a number of issues stemming from the horrific ordeal of Seth A. Becker, a young man catastrophically injured while at sea on a gravel-packing assignment at an offshore oil rig. In a lawsuit involving multiple defendants and causes of action, the jury sitting in the district court found for plaintiff, awarding him damages in excess...

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