Morris Aymond, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant v. Texaco, Inc., Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees

HUGHES, District Judge:

While working on a drilling crew on a fixed platform off the Louisiana coast, Morris Aymond was injured when a steel cable, called a snub line, snapped, allowing metal tongs which it anchored to swing into and damage his knee.

Aymond, an employee of Falcon Seaboard Drilling Company, instituted a negligence action against Texaco, Inc., on whose platform he was working at the time of the accident, and Travelers Insurance Company, Texaco’s insurer. Aymond also named Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation as a defendant, alleging its liability as either a vendor or manufacturer…