Opinion

Underwater Services, Inc. v. Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc.

  • 376 F.2d 852
Court
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Filed
Jun 8, 1967
Status
Published
Cited by
8 cases
Authority
More cited than 73.6%

The opinion

376 F.2d 852

UNDERWATER SERVICES, INC., et al., Appellants,

v.

BROWN & ROOT MARINE OPERATORS, INC., Appellee.

No. 23362.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 9, 1967.

Rehearing Denied June 8, 1967.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana; Edwin F. Hunter, Jr., Judge.

1

Edward J. Villere, Faris, Ellis, Cutrone, Gilmore & Lautenschlaeger, L. J. Lautenschlaeger, Jr., New Orleans, La., for appellant Underwater Services, Inc.

2

Cavanaugh, Brame, Holt & Woodley, Lake Charles, La., Meredith T. Holt and Donald E. Walter, Lake Charles, La., of counsel, for appellants Underwater Services, Inc. and Travelers Ins. Co.

3

Robert Eikel, Houston, Tex., Thomas C. Hall, Lake Charles, La., Theodore Goller, Houston, Tex., Hall, Raggio & Farrar, Lake Charles, La., Eikel & Goller, Houston, Tex., for appellee.

4

Before RIVES and WISDOM, Circuit Judges, and CONNALLY, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

5

We adopt as the opinion of this Court the well reasoned opinion of the district court. Smith v. Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc., W.D.La.1965, 243 F. Supp. 130 .

6

We hold that the district judge was not clearly erroneous in finding Brown & Root's employees free of negligence.

7

Affirmed.

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