Legal Opinion
Lloyd's Syndicate 457 v. FloaTEC, L.L.C.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 17, 2019No. 17-20550PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STUART KYLE DUNCAN, Circuit Judge:
This case concerns a disputed siting of Big Foot in the Gulf of Mexico. We refer to a floating oil-drilling platform that rests on four massive columns-hence the name "Big Foot"-moored by steel tendons to the ocean floor. Chevron, which operates and co-owns Big Foot, contracted with FloaTEC to engineer the tendons. During installation in 2015, several tendons failed, causing Chevron huge losses. Big Foot was insured by various Lloyd's of London syndicates (collectively, "Underwriters") through a policy issued to Chevron. To cover the tendon mishap,…
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