Legal Opinion
Laird v. Shell Oil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1985No. 83-3710PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Stanley Wayne Laird, a painter-sandblaster employed by L & L Sandblasting, Inc., was injured while working on a permanent offshore production platform owned by Shell Oil Company. Shell had contracted with L & L to repaint the platform. There was evidence that, while Laird was sitting on a bosun’s chair engaged in cleaning work, the sisal rope supporting the suspended chair broke. Laird sued Shell, the platform owner, for negligence. Shell filed a third party claim against L & L for indemnity under the contract between them.
In answer to special interrogatories the…
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