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LA LANDE v. GULF OIL CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 14034.

317 F.Supp. 692 (1970)

Louis LA LANDE v. GULF OIL CORPORATION, Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Company, and the Travelers Insurance Co.

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

September 25, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mouton, Beard, Plaisance, & Franques, Howard L. Franques, Jr., Lafayette, La., and Chester Eggleston, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Harry S. Redmon, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Gulf Oil and Offshore Drilling.

Bean & Rush, Warren D. Rush, Lafayette, La., for Stooksberry Tank.

Pugh & Boudreaux, Charles J. Boudreaux, Lafayette, La., for Travelers Ins. Co.

PUTNAM, District Judge.

This suit is an action by Louis LaLande for damages brought against Gulf Oil Corporation (hereafter Gulf), Reading and Bates Offshore Drilling Company (hereafter Reading and Bates), and The Travelers Insurance Company (hereafter Travelers) for negligence and unseaworthiness. The defendants filed a motion for summary judgment and/or dismissal on the grounds that the claim was barred by prescription, and alternatively by laches, which motion...

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