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WHISENANT v. BREWSTER-BARTLE OFFSHORE COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 15915.

319 F.Supp. 993 (1970)

Earline WHISENANT, individually and as Tutrix of Her Minor Children, Sheila Dianne Whisenant, Michael Earl Whisenant and Rebecca Lynn Whisenant v. BREWSTER - BARTLE OFFSHORE COMPANY, Travelers Insurance Company and Texaco, Incorporated.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

June 15, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., of Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, New Orleans, La., for intervenor.

Philip E. Henderson of O'Neal, Waitz & Henderson, Houma, La., for defendants.

COMISKEY, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM OF REASONS

Ray Whisenant, an employee of Loomis Hydraulic Testing Co., Inc. (Loomis) was killed instantly on September 8, 1964 while working aboard the Brewster-Bartle Rig No. 14 (the drilling barge, GRAND BAY) in the course and scope of his employment. At the time, the drilling barge was owned and operated by Brewster-Bartle, Inc. and was engaged, in navigable waters within the State of Louisiana, in drilling an oil...

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