Legal Opinion

Raymond Leger, Cross-Appellant v. Drilling Well Control, Inc., Dresser Offshore Services, Inc., Cross-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 10, 1979No. 77-1310PublishedCited by 118 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FAY, Circuit Judge:

Appellee, Raymond Leger, was injured while working aboard a barge owned by appellant Dresser Offshore Services, Inc. [“Dresser”]. At the time of the accident, Leger was employed by Drilling Well Control, Inc. [“DWC”], a service company which specialized in the control of high pressure oil wells. Dresser was using the barge in a workover operation on an offshore oil well owned by Continental Oil Company [“Continental”]. DWC was called to the well site by Continental to correct technical difficulties which Continental and Dresser were encountering in the workover operation.…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Cooper Stevedoring Co. v. Fritz Kopke, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Thomas W. Griffith v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation and American Commercial Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
  4. Harrison v. Flota Mercante Grancolombiana, S. A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. Shellman v. United States Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975

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3Cited by118 opinions

  1. Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Co.Texas Supreme Court · 1984
  2. In the Matter of Oil Spill by the Amoco Cadiz Off the Coast of France on March 16, 1978Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
  3. Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor v. Loran W. Robbins, and Allen M. DorfmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
  4. Hernandez v. M/V RajaanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
  5. Self v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987

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