KEMPE v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION CO.

Nos. 86-0352, 86-0891, 86-3535.

683 F.Supp. 1064 (1988)

Charles W. KEMPE, Jr., et al. v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION COMPANY, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

April 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Harry S. Rosenberg & James P. Reid, Harry S. Redmon, Jr. T.A., Richard N. Dicharry, New Orleans, La.; Davis, Polk & Wardwell, Paul R. Koepff, New York City, of counsel, David M. Spector, Ronald A. Jacks, Steven R. Gilford, James K. Meguerian, Bettina Getz, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co., and Murphy Oil Corp. Mentor Holding Co., Robert J. Sweeney, Hugh J. Kelly, James L. Kilpatrick and Tucker H. Couvillon, in No. 86-0352.

McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini, & Lang, Dermot S. McGlinchey, T.A., B. Franklin Martin, III, Maureen O'Connor Sullivan, New Orleans, La., for National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh Pa., in No. 86-0352.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, George A. Frilot, III, Roger A. Stetter, New Orleans, La., for William L. Colson, Ronald W. Herman, Clovis H. Steib, Odie F. Vaughan, in No. 86-0352.

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Gordon A. Pugh, T.A., Claude F. Reynaud, Jr., Baton Rouge, La., for J. Douglas Higley, in No. 86-0352.

Montgomery, Barnett, Brown, Read, Hammond & Mintz, Stanley McDermott, III, New Orleans, La., Lord, Day & Lord, Michael J. Murphy, T.A., Laurie E. Foster, New York City, for plaintiffs, in No. 86-0891.

Phelps Dunbar Marks Claverie & Sims, Harry A. Rosenberg, T.A., & Harry S. Redmon, New Orleans, La., for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co., Mentor Holding Corp., William L. Colson, Clovis H. Steib, Ronald W. Herman, Odie F. Vaughan, James L. Kilpatrick, Hugh J. Kelly, Herman S. Kelley, in No. 86-0891.

Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine, Nathan & Winn, Robert E. Barkley, Jr., T.A., New Orleans, La., for Pinnacle Reinsurance Co., in No. 86-0891.

Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Murphy J. Foster, III, Gordon A. Pugh, T.A., Baton Rouge, La., for J. Douglas Higley, in No. 86-0891.

Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Ronald A. Jacks, David M. Spector, Steven R. Gilford/Paul W. Schroeder, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co., Mentor Holding Corp., Hugh J. Kelly, James L. Kilpatrick, in No. 86-0891.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, George A. Frilot, III, Roger A. Stetter, Eades L. Hogue, New Orleans, La., for Odie F. Vaughan, William L. Colson, Herman S. Kelley, Ronald W. Herman, Clovis H. Steib, in No. 86-0891.

D'Amato & Lynch, Timothy Butler, New York City, McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, Dermot S. McGlinchey, T.A., B. Franklin Martin, III, Maureen O'Connor Sullivan, Anthony Rollo, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff in No. 86-3535.

Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, for Murphy Oil Corp., Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co., Defendant Class Consisting of the Board of Directors Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co. and Mentor Ins. Ltd. (Bermuda), in No. 86-3535.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Harry A. Rosenberg, T.A., Harry S. Redmon, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Murphy Oil Corp., Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co., Mentor Holding Corp., Robert J. Sweeney, Hugh J. Kelly, James J. Kilpatrick, Tucker H. Couvillon, in No. 86-3535.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

LIVAUDAIS, District Judge.

The voluminous record in this case is the result of a veritable deluge of filings, a hurricane of paperwork.... Tucker v. Summers, 784 F.2d 654, 655 (5th Cir.1986) Compared to these storms, death is but a qualm, Hell somewhat lightsome, and the Bermudas calm.

John Donne, "The Storm...

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