Dusenbery v. McMoRan Exploration Co.

LEAR, Judge.

Plaintiff, Kathleen Dusenbery, filed suit, individually and as natural tutrix of her two minor daughters, for damages for the wrongful death of plaintiffs’ husband and father in an accident on an oil rig. Several defendants were named, among them the partnership and/or joint venture of Bur-mont Company and McMoRan Exploration Co. (herein referred to as “Burmont/McMo-Ran”); McMoRan Exploration Co.1 (herein referred to as “McMoRan”), Burmont Company (herein referred to as “Burmont”) and J & L Corporation (herein referred to as “J & L”). Third-party petitions were filed by…