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SOILEAU v. NICKLOS DRILLING COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 12064.

302 F.Supp. 119 (1969)

Nettie Lee Fontenot SOILEAU, Ind. and as Natural Tutrix of minors Donald Ray, James Randall, Romona Cynthia Marie, Patrick and Charles Soileau v. NICKLOS DRILLING COMPANY et al.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Opelousas Division.

March 28, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

DeVillier & Ardoin, J. Winston Ardoin, and Jacque B. Pucheu, Eunice, La., for plaintiffs.

Adams & Reese, Sam A. LeBlanc III, New Orleans, La., for Nicklos Drilling Co. and Union Oil Co., cross-claimant.

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Boris F. Navratil, Baton Rouge, La., for Unit Crane & Shovel Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PUTNAM, District Judge.

On January 17, 1966, Lanson Soileau, husband and father of the petitioners, was killed when a crane manufactured by Unit Crane and Shovel Company (Unit), mounted on a pedestal on a fixed oil well drilling platform, toppled from its base and fell into the Gulf of Mexico. The platform was located on the outer continental shelf, off the Louisiana coast.

Plaintiffs sued Union Oil Company of California (Union...

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