CULVER v. SLATER BOAT CO.

No. 79-3985.

644 F.2d 460 (1981)

Ruth CULVER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. SLATER BOAT COMPANY et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants, EURO-PIRATES INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees and Cross-Appellees-Appellants, v. ODECO DRILLING et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

Rehearing Granted June 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. James Kronzer, W. W. Watkins, Houston, Tex., Frederick J. Gisevius, Jr., New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants cross-appellees.

Richmond M. Eustis, New Orleans, La., for Slater Enterprises, Europirates, etc.

Drury, Lozes & Curry, Felicien P. Lozes, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Overseas Ser. Corp.

J. Walter Ward, New Orleans, La., for Ocean Drilling.

Mat M. Gray, III, New Orleans, La., for St. Paul Fire.

Before AINSWORTH and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.


Rehearing En Banc Granted June 24, 1981.

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

This maritime personal injury case raises several issues, including the use of an inflation factor to compute future loss of earnings, the construction of jury instructions and interrogatories, and the rights to indemnity between actively and passively negligent tortfeasors. The district court's disposition of the indemnity issue requires a slight modification; in all other respects we affirm...

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