Cities Service Co. v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Cities Service Company, Getty Oil Company, and Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company (ODECO) all appeal from the judgment of the district court in litigation arising out of a “blow out” and fire aboard the drilling rig the D/B OCEAN KING allegedly caused by a defective blow out preventer manufactured by Hydril Company. The jury found that Hydril Company, the defendant, was seven percent liable for both personal injury and property damage claims asserted by the plaintiffs Cities, Get*1065ty, and ODECO. The district court, however, entered judgment against Hydril only on the…