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HOLDEN v. PLACID OIL CO.

Civ. A. Nos. 75-3236, 75-3333, 76-2442 and 76-2799.

494 F.Supp. 292 (1980)

Mrs. Linda Harper HOLDEN, Individually and as Natural Tutrix of the Estates of her minor children, Melvin Scott Holden, Sandra Kay Holden, and Blake Alan Holden, Plaintiff, v. PLACID OIL COMPANY, Defendant. Mildred M. TURNBULL, Individually and for and on behalf of the Estate of Edward E. Turnbull, Plaintiff, v. The HARTFORD INSURANCE CO., Placid Oil Corporation and Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Corporation, Defendants. Mrs. Robert JACKSON, Individually and as Tutrix of the minor child, Marylee Kay Jackson, Plaintiff, v. T. K. VALVE & MANUFACTURING, INC., Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., ABC Insurance Company, Gulf Coast Machinery & Supply Co., XYZ Insurance Company, Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Corporation, Harbor Insurance Company, Republic Steel Corporation and Travelers Insurance Company, Defendants. Mildred M. TURNBULL, Plaintiff, v. REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORATION, Gulf Coast Machine and Supply Company and Travelers Indemnity Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

July 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick T. Caffery, New Iberia, La., for defendant Gulf Coast Machine & Supply Co.

Norman C. Sullivan, Jr., Donald L. King, New Orleans, La., for defendants Republic Steel Corp. and The Travelers Indem. Co.

Dean A. Sutherland, Lake Charles, La., for defendant Placid Oil Co.

Charles E. Leche, Tyler S. Posey, New Orleans, La., for defendants T. K. Valve & Mfg., Inc. and The Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co.

Mark J. Spansel, Robert A. Vosbein, New Orleans, La., for intervenor National Union Fire Ins. of Pittsburgh, Pa.

CASSIBRY, District Judge:

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

The case is a result of an explosion in a pipeline on a fixed platform in the Gulf of Mexico in September of 1975. The explosion killed three workmen who were near the pipeline on the fixed platform. It appears that the explosion was caused by a defective valve in the pipeline.

The families of the three workmen brought wrongful death suits. They sued the owner of the platform, the owner of the...

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