Legal Opinion
Smith Petroleum Service, Inc. v. Monsanto Chemical Company, Monsanto Chemical Company v. Smith Petroleum Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1970No. 26137PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
In this diversity case involving indemnity between Mississippi tortfeasors, we consider the landward thrust of the admiralty doctrine enunciated in Ryan. 1 Even with sextant and compass we are unable to sight any estuary leading to .Ryan. Looking to the law of Mississippi, we find Ryan rejected and indemnity denied.
This case originated as a wrongful death action growing out of an oil field fire which occurred on May 24, 1963. On that day Paul Case, an employee of Smith Petroleum Service, Inc. (Smith), was fatally burned while working atop an oil drilling rig in the…
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