Legal Opinion
Drake v. E. I. DuPont deNemours & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 2, 1970No. 27496PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
On March 29, 1965, Guy Drake, an employee of Levingston Shipbuilding Company, sustained serious and permanent injuries as a result of inhaling toxic fumes while he was welding in a cylinder pressure tank aboard the barge CHEMICAL 101. Drake sued the owners and operators of the barge, Dixie Carriers, Inc. (Dixie) and E. I. DuPont deNemours & Co., Inc. (DuPont), respectively, in personam, and the barge CHEMICAL 101 in rem. The three defendants in turn filed a third-party complaint against Levingston Shipbuilding Company (Levingston) seeking indemnity from Levingston. This…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United New York & New Jersey Sandy Hook Pilots Ass'n v. HaleckiSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- West v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Mrs. Mae Frances Neal, Individually and the Minors, James Neal, Jr., Etc. v. Saga Shipping Co., S.A.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Jerry Smith, Cross-Appellee v. Atlas Off-Shore Boat Service, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Delome v. Union Barge Line Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Lewis F. Stevens and Elvira B. Stevens v. F/v Bonnie Doon, Her Engines, MacHinery Tackle, Etc. Gene Koblick, an IndividualCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Holiday Inns, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. C. H. Alberding, Airport Holiday Corporation, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Socony Mobil Oil Company, Inc. v. Texas Coastal And International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
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