Legal Opinion
Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance v. Tidewater Oil Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 10741PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PUTNAM, District Judge.
This case is the aftermath of a blowout and fire occurring in the Port Barre Oil Field, in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, on January 25, 1964 at the site of an oil well being drilled by Trahan Drilling Company and designated as the Marks No. 1 Well. Following the fire, plaintiff, Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company paid the owner of the drilling rig its appraised value of $287,662.00 and brings this suit as subrogee for that amount with, interest and cost.
The initial defendants were Tidewater Association Oil Company, J. C. Trahan Drilling Company,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Larkin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile InsuranceSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1957
- Pilie v. National Food Stores of Louisiana, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- Meche v. Farmers Drier & Storage CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1967
- Victoria St. Pierre Lartigue v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company and Liggett and Myers Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Cartwright v. Hyatt Corp.District Court, District of Columbia · 1978
- Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance v. Tidewater Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company v. Tidewater Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968