Muirhead v. Transworld Drilling Co.

STOKER, Judge.

Plaintiff, Michael Denman Muirhead, brought this action against Transworld Drilling Company (Transworld), Aminoil Development, Inc., and Aminoil USA, Inc. (Aminoil), under the Jones Act and the general maritime law for injuries he sustained on May 9, 1979 when he slipped in a pothole in a shell-covered parking lot and fractured his left wrist. The parking lot was leased by Oil Base, Inc., which later became Hughes Tool Company (Hughes).

Aminoil filed third party demands against Transworld seeking contractual indemnity and against Oil Base, Inc. for in*476demnity for failure to…