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WEST v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC.

Civ. A. No. 84-1244, 84-5227.

615 F.Supp. 377 (1985)

Charles WEST v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., Y & S Marine Company, and XYZ Insurance Company. William Larry DEAN v. CHEVRON OIL COMPANY, Ocean Transportation Systems, Inc., XYZ Insurance Company and the M/V Redeemer, her engines, tackle, furniture & all appurtenances et cetera, in rem.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

August 8, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Remy Fransen, Jr., of Wiedeman & Fransen, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs Charles West and William Larry Dean.

Michael McAlpine and John Peuler of Johnson & McAlpine, New Orleans, La., for Ocean Transp. System.

George B. Jurgens, III, Louis Simon, II, Kennedy J. Gilly, Jr., and Michael R.C. Reiss of Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, La., for Chevron USA, Inc.

OPINION

FELDMAN, District Judge.

Once again the Court plunges into the murky waters of choice of law — this time, to resolve whether Admiralty law or state law through the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act applies to an accident on the Outer Continental Shelf off the Coast of Louisiana. If Admiralty law applies, then plaintiffs may sail smoothly on to pursue the merits of their case. If Louisiana law applies as surrogate federal law through the Lands...

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