Humble Oil & Refining Company v. Chester Naquin, G & M Boats, Inc. v. Tidelands Marine Service, Inc., and Plaisance Dragline & Dredging Company, Inc.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee Chester Naquin in an action for personal injuries sustained by him while loading and unloading a vessel.

Humble Oil and Refining Company, Inc., a producing oil company, had contracted with various contractors, each supplying some needed services to Humble for the drilling of an oil well. Plaisance Dragline & Dredging Company, Inc., was performing the labor and necessary services on the fixed platform with a crane operator. G & M Boats, Inc., was supplying transportation for needed supplies, in the drilling…