Legal Opinion
Carolyn Harris Thibodaux, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of the Minor Children, Etc. v. Atlantic Richfield Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1978No. 76-4216PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAY, Circuit Judge:
This lawsuit arises from an unfortunate mishap which occurred on a Louisiana canal on June 10, 1974. On that day Van Thibodaux was employed as a workman by H. B. Buster Hughes, Inc. (Hughes), an oil field maintenance and construction company. Hughes contracted with Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) 1 to supply a four-man crew to perform maintenance work on piping and flow lines at the Bully Camp Field. Mr. Julius Hebert, ARCO’s production foreman in Southeast Louisiana, requested Hughes to supply a crew of men, a vessel to transport the crew to the Bully Camp Field which…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. GaudetSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by63 opinions
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