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COUCH v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 69-H-852.

327 F.Supp. 897 (1971)

J. M. COUCH v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION et al. v. BECHTEL CORPORATION, Arabian Bechtel Corporation.

United States District Court, S. D. Texas, Houston Division.

June 7, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Nagle, Nagle & Barr, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff.

James T. Nesbitt, B. Jeff Crane, Jr., Vinson, Elkins, Searls & Smith, E. D. Vickery, Royston, Rayzor & Cook, Houston, Tex., for defendant.

Memorandum and Order:

SINGLETON, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a Texas resident, has filed this suit against a Delaware corporation for an accident occurring in Libya, in federal court based on diversity jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The plaintiff was severely injured in an oil tank explosion when a Mobil employee prematurely turned on a valve that releases gas into the tank before the workers had completed the welding of the tank. The complaint...

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