Legal Opinion
Howard L. Walker v. Tenneco Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 25, 1980No. 79-2189PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Howard Walker was injured on February 7, 1977, in an accident on a fixed offshore oil drilling platform located on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana. Separate actions were instituted against appellee Tenneco Oil Company, the owner of the fixed platform, by appellant and Ray Mallory, 1 both of whom were employees of Hydraulic Workover, Inc. (HWI), an independent contractor that had contracted with Tenneco to perform workover operations on the platform. Tenneco filed third-party complaints in each action against HWI, seeking contractual indemnity. The…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- The Boeing Company v. Daniel C. ShipmanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Olsen v. Shell Oil Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- George A. MacKenzie v. Chrysler CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Mott v. ODECOCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Charles A. Bourg v. Texaco Oil Company, Inc., Defendant-Third-Party v. Booker Drilling Company, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- National Service Industries, Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- John Buehler Oliver v. Aminoil, Usa, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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