Gus R. Legros and Betty Legros, Plaintiffs-appellees Cross-appellants, v. Panther Services Group, Inc. et al., Defendants-appellees,national Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh,defendant-appellant Cross-appellee, 874 F.2d 953 (5th Cir. 1989)

John A. Jeansonne, Jr., Jeansonne & Briney, Susan A. Daigle, and Charles A. Mouton, Preis, Kraft, LaGorde & Daigle, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellant cross-appellee.

Robert B. Acomb, Jr. and Jefferson R. Tillery, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., Texaco-Electro-Coal Transfer Corp., amicus curiae in support of defendant-appellant cross-appellee.

Eileen R. Madrid, New Orleans, La., for Rowan Companies, Zapata Off-Shore, Energy Service Co., Global Marine Drilling Co. and Santa Fe Drilling Co.

Terrell D. Fowler, Cox, Cox, Townsley & Fowler, Lake Charles, La., for defendants-appellees.

Kenneth G. Engerrand, Houston, Tex. and David W. Robertson, A.W. Walker Centennial Chair, Univ. of Texas Law School, Austin, Tex., amicus curiae, academic affiliation.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, James T. Trimble, Jr., United States Magistrate.

(Amended Order)

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, GEE, RUBIN, REAVLEY, POLITZ, KING, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH and DUHE, Circuit Judges.