MAYS v. CHEVRON PIPE LINE CO.

No. 19-30535.

968 F.3d 442 (2020)

Peggy MAYS, Individually & as Personal Representative, on behalf of James L. Mays Estate; Daphne Lanclos; Brent Mays; Jared Mays, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHEVRON PIPE LINE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Revised August 4, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill Swearingen Pierce , Attorney, Lance P. Bradley , Attorney, Bradley & Steele, P.L.L.C., Port Arthur, TX, Jane Swearingen Leger , Attorney, Ferguson Law Firm, L.L.P., Beaumont, TX, Darrel James Papillion, Esq. , Walters, Papillion, Thomas, Cullens, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Sean Thomas McLaughlin , Louis Matthew Grossman , James Robert Silverstein, Esq. , Kean Miller, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Barksdale, Higginson, and Duncan, Circuit Judges.


James Mays was killed in an explosion on an offshore platform owned by appellant Chevron Pipe Line Company ("Chevron"). Mays was directly employed by a Chevron subcontractor, Furmanite American ("Furmanite"), which serviced valves on Chevron's platforms. Mays' widow and children sued Chevron for state-law wrongful...

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