Touchstone v. Land & Marine Applicators, Inc., Civ. A. No. 76-3364
| Decision Date | 03 January 1986 |
| Docket Number | 83-0617 and 81-1213.,84-0111,Civ. A. No. 76-3364,82-1613,85-0068,81-1823 |
| Citation | 628 F. Supp. 1202 |
| Court | U.S. District Court — Eastern District of Louisiana |
| Parties | Rayford E. TOUCHSTONE v. LAND & MARINE APPLICATORS, INC., et al. |
Jacobs, Manuel & Kain, Stanley J. Jacobs, Kenneth W. Manuel, Leonard S. Ungar, Wiedemann & Fransen, Lawrence D. Wiedemann, C. Scott Carter, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.
Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, Robert B. Deane, E. Carroll Rogers, New Orleans, La., for Underwriters at Lloyds and Harbor Ins. Co.
Rudolph R. Schoemann, New Orleans, La., for Northwest Ins. Co., State Auto and Cas. Co. and Seguros America.
Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, Leonard A. Young, Franklin Jones, III, Micheline V. Gomila, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Ins. Co.
Abbott, Webb, Best & Meeks, Lawrence E. Abbott, Laurence Best, Daniel A. Webb, John P. Napolitano, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Penrod Drilling Co.
Koch & Koch, Irving H. Koch, Metairie, La., for State Sec. Ins. Co. and Great Atlantic Ins. Co.
Emmett, Cobb, Waits & Kessenich, Jack Mark Stolier, James A. Cobb, Jr., John H. Emmett, New Orleans, La., for St. Paul Ins. Co. and St. Paul Mercury.
Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Robert C. Clotworthy, Conrad S.P. Williams, New Orleans, La., for Lloyds of London.
Adams & Reese, Robert E. Couhig, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Lexington Ins. Co.
Bailey & Leininger, Donald D. Bann, Metairie, La., for Offshore Painting Contractors.
Bailey & Leininger, Scott E. Silbert, Metairie, La., for American Motorists Ins. Co.
Young & Richaud, Robert Young, George J. Richaud, New Orleans, La., for Great American Ins. Co. and A.L. Welding Products, Inc.
Kiefer, Kiefer & Schneider, John G. Lankford, Ignatz G. Kiefer, New Orleans, La., for Platform Coating Service, T.N. Gilbert, Donald Bird and Norman Quates.
Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine & Nathan, Jack M. Alltmont, New Orleans, La., for Westchester Ins. Co., North River Ins. Co. and Industrial Indem. Co.
Terriberry, Carroll, Yancey & Farrell, John A. Bolles, New Orleans, La., for Steamship Mut. Underwriters.
Allen, Gooch, Bourgeois, Breaux & Robison, Ltd., St. Paul Bourgeois, Lafayette, La., for Market Ins. Co.
Paul J. Heim, Gene S. Palmisano, William J. Sommers, Jr., Thomas K. Wetzel, William B. Matthews, Jr., Randall M. Ebner, New Orleans, La., for Exxon Corp.
Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, Diaz, McNamara & Abell, James Diaz, Sr., Gary J. Russo, Rebecca F. Doherty, Lafayette, La., Borrello & Huber, Bruce J. Borrello, Metairie, La., for Lone Star Industries, Inc.
Barnard, Cassisa, Saporito & Elliott, Jerry L. Saporito, Metairie, La. for Insurance Co. of North America and Sandair Corp.
Burke & Mayer, James G. Burke, Jr., William B. Schwartz, James Womack, New Orleans, La., Jack M. McAdams, Warren B. Leach, Jr., Houston, Tex. for Marathon Oil Co.
Hulse, Nelson & Wanek, Craig R. Nelson, Christina P. Fay, New Orleans, La., for Mayronne Drilling, National Union Fire Ins. Co., Clemco Industries, and Mobil Oil.
McLoughlin, Barranger, Provosty & Melancon, Lloyd C. Melancon, New Orleans, La., for Chevron USA Inc.
Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Terry J. Freiberger, Arthur A. Crais, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Shell Oil Co.
Windhorst, Pastorek & Gaudry, Rene Pastorek, Daniel A. Ranson, Thomas L. Gaudry, Harvey, La., for Platform Coating Services, Inc., T.N. Gilbert, Donald L. Bird, Norman C. Quates, North River Ins. Co. and Holland American Ins. Co.
James J. Morse, John C. Ciolino, John A. Cvejanovich, John Morris, Marvin L. Schwartz, Bernard S. Dolbear, New Orleans, La., Bailey & Leininger, Leon A. Aucoin, Metairie, La., for Mayronne Drilling and Travelers Ins. Co.
Hailey, McNamara, Hall, Larmann & Papale, James W. Hailey, Jr., Michael P. Mentz, Andrew L. Hamlin, Metairie, La., for National Union Fire Ins. Co. and American Mut. Ins. Co.
Dotson, Babcock & Scofield, Matthew J. Hill, Jr., Andrew L. Gates, III, Lafayette, La., for Tenneco.
Michael A. Britt, Metairie, La., for Federal Ins. Co.
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Charles E. Leche, New Orleans, La., for Industrial Inspection.
Lobman & Carnahan, Edward P. Lobman, Michael Mule, Elizabeth A. Alston, Metairie, La., for North River Ins. Co., Westchester Fire Ins. Co., U.S. Fire Ins. Co. and Industrial Indem.
Dale W. Poindexter, New Orleans, La., for Continental Ins. Co.
Lester J. Lautenschlaeger, Jr., New Orleans, La., for St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., St. Paul Companies and St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co.
Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Boisfontaine & Nathan, New Orleans, La., for G.B.Q. Corp.
Hebert & Abbott, Wilton E. Bland, III, Roch P. Poelman, New Orleans, La., for Houston General Ins. Co. and Highlands Ins. Co. Friend, Wilson, Spedale & Draper, Denis Paul Juge, Linda A. Liljedahl, Greg S. Abramson, New Orleans, La., for St. Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co.
Owen, Richardson, Taylor, Mathews & Atkinson, Daniel R. Atkinson, Baton Rouge, La., for Old Republic Ins. Co.
Voorhies & Labbe, Patrick A. Juneau, Jr., Kathleen F. Drew, Lafayette, La., for Highlands Ins. Co. and O.K.C. Dredging.
Lozes & Lozes, Felicien P. Lozes, John J. Cooper, New Orleans, La., for Stan-Blast Abrasives, Mid-Continent Cas. Co. and National Fire & Marine Ins. Co.
Murphy & Simon, James S. Rees, III, David M. Tichanski, New Orleans, La., for Home Ins. Co. and Home Indem. Co.
Milton LeBlanc, New Orleans, La., for Tiger Equipment and Supply Co. and Land and Marine Applicators, Inc.
W. Keith Hurtt, Metairie, La., for Old Reliable Fire Ins. Co.
Liskow & Lewis, S. Gene Fendler, Deborah Bahn Price, Robert Booksh, Jr., Donald R. Abaunza, New Orleans, La., for Pennzoil Oil & Gas Co.
Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Laborde, Gerard T. Gelpi, C. Gordon Starling, Jr., Donald Ensenat, New Orleans, La., for Land and Marine Applicators, Inc., Tiger Equipment and Supply Co., Travelers Ins. Co. and Gulf Oil Co., and Underwriters of Lloyds of London.
Burke & Mayer, Joseph P. Tynan, New Orleans, La., for Glacier General Assur. Co.
Stassi & Rausch, Robert G. Stassi, New Orleans, La., for Tiger Equipment and Supply Co.
Rudolph R. Schoemann, New Orleans, La., for G.B.Q. Corp. and Platform Coating Service, Inc.
Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, John M. Landis, Noel J. Darce, New Orleans, La., for OKC Dredging.
McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, John E. Galloway, Richard L. Duncan, Michael J. Maginnis, New Orleans, La., for St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co., Vanguard Ins. Co., Mississippi Valley Silica Co., and Insurance Co. of North America.
Abbott, Webb, Best & Meeks, John P. Napolitano, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Conoco, Inc.
Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, Paul B. Deal, Jerald L. Album, John C. Reynolds, Michael T. Cali, Michael Furman, New Orleans, La., for Affiliated FM Ins. Co. and Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co.
Michael D. Meyer, New Orleans, La., for Segaras America Banamex, State Auto & Cas. Co., Old Reliable Fire Ins. Co., North West Ins. Co. and Mid-Continent Underwriters.
Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Terry J. Freiberger, New Orleans, La., for Gulf Ins. Co.
Turner, Young & Hebbler, Thomas M. Young, New Orleans, La., for Texas Fire & Cas. Co.
Lobman & Carnahan, Edward P. Lobman, Joseph Messina, Elizabeth A. Alston, Metairie, La., for Mississippi Valley Silica Co., Westchester Fire Ins. Co., North River Ins. Co. and Industrial Indem.
Poitevent & Acomb, John Poitevent, Robert B. Acomb, III, New Orleans, La., for Royal Exchange Assur. Co.
Phillip E. Stano, John R. Huthnanac, Alabama Dept. of Ins., Montgomery, Ala., receiver for Early American Ins. Co.
Dorsey, Walker & Chosholm, Bradford H. Walker, River Ridge, La., for Continental Cas. Co. and Continental Nat. Ins. Co.
Emmett, Cobb, Waits & Kessenich, James A. Cobb, John F. Emmett, New Orleans, La., for Platform Coating Service, Inc., G.B.Q. Corp. and Coating Specialists of La., Land and Marine Applicators.
Drury, Tabb & Grossel-Rossi, William G. Tabb, III, New Orleans, La., for Aetna Cas. and Sur. Co. and Land and Marine Applicators, Inc.
Adams & Reese, Robert A. Vosbein, Mark J. Spansel, Lynn M. Luker, New Orleans, La., for National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., Bellefonte Underwriters Ins. Co. and State Auto & Cas. Underwriters.
Bailey & Leininger, Leon A. Aucoin, Metairie, La., for Home Indem. Co.
Schoemann & Associates, Rudolph R. Schoemann, Julie Matherne, New Orleans, La., for Platform Coating and Norman C. Quates.
James H. Roan, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Peter Vicari.
William Barnett, pro se.
Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, John R. Peters, Joseph W. McKearn, Glenn G. Goodier, Thurl Stalnaker, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Texaco, Inc., Gulf Oil Corp. and Getty Oil Corp.
Liskow & Lewis, Robert E. Holden, Julie E. Schwartz, James D. McMichael, New Orleans, La., for OKC Dredging, Inc. and City Service Oil.
McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, Peter L. Hilbert, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.
Partee, Leefe, Waldrip & Roniger, Emery N. Voorhies, New Orleans, La., for Thomas Gilbert.
Camp, Carmouche, Barsh, Hunter, Gray, Hoffman & Gill, Frederick S. Haygood, New Orleans, La., for M. Troy Moore and John Marcus Cruse.
Abbott, Webb, Best & Meeks, Daniel A. Webb, Richard A. Fraser, III, New Orleans, La., for Highlands Ins. Co. as insurer of Land and Marine Applicators, Inc. and Tiger Equipment and Supply Co.
Donald L. Bird, pro se.
McGlinchey, Stafford, Mintz, Cellini & Lang, P.C., Richard L. Duncan, New Orleans, La., for Ralph and Ronald Brumley and Margaret Hitchcock.
William B. Gibbens, III, David J. Plavnicky, Lea & Gibbens, New Orleans, La., for Daniel N. Hargett, Robert J. Hargett and Ronald J. Savoy.
Bailey & Leininger, Darryl D. Sicarelli, Metairie, La., for Ralph and Ronald Brumley.
Eugene J. Gomes, Jr., New Orleans, La., Dorsey, Walker & Chisholm, Bradford H. Walker, River Ridge, La., Deutsch,...
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