Fontenot v. Mesa Petroleum Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1986-06-13

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JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge: This case vividly illustrates how, in the complicated offshore drilling environment with its intricate divisions of responsibility and countless contractors and subcontractors, a simple slip-and-fall can turn into a multiparty morass of contribution cross-claims, third- and fourth-party defendants, reciprocal indemnity agreements, and the ever-popular warranties of workmanlike performance. The…

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