Fidelity-Phenix Fire Insurance Company of New York, & v. Otis W. Dyer, Jr., & Otis W. Dyer, Jr., & v. Fidelity-Phenix Insurance Company of New York, &

DAWKINS, District Judge.

Presented here are cross appeals from a judgment in an action under the “Blowout” provisions of an insurance policy issued to a drilling contractor and providing coverage on an oil well drilling rig and appurtenances. The insured, Dyer, 1 brought the suit for the alleged value of equipment lost or damaged as a result of an occurrence at an oil well and for “sue and labor costs”, praying for judgment in the sum of $20,050.84, 2 plus statutory penalties and attorney’s fees. The trial judge held 3 that what occurred at the well was a “blowout” within the policy definition…