IN RE: Diving Disaster Involving the VENTURE I in the North Sea, on May 10, 1977

JPMIL: FORM 1A
DOCKET ENTRIES
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
DOCKET NO. 439 -- In re Diving Disaster Involving the VENTUREI in the
North Sea on May 10, 1977
Date Pleading Description
80/07/0211 MOTION, BRIEF, SCHEDULE OF ACTIONS AND CERT. OF SERVICE --
Pltf. Henry G. Hoffman (emh)
SUGGESTED TRANSFEREE DISTRICT: E. D.-Pennsylvania
SUGGESTED TRANSFEREE JUDGE: (emh)
80/07/02] 2 LETTER -- w/Order by Judge Spears (granting defendant's
motion to stay) signed by Damon Ball (emh)
80/07/09 |3 RESPONSE -- Southwest Institute -- w/copy of Judge Spears
Stay Order and cert. of service (cds)
80/07/14 APPEARANCES -- Louis Samuel Fine for Henry G. Hoffman, etc.;
Kxxkxrxfamg Daniel Daugherty for I.U.C. International Inc.;
George D. Sheehan for North Sea Sun 0il Co., Ltd., Sun Co., Inc.
and Sun Oil Co.; Damon Ball for Southwest Research Institute (emh)
80/07/17 APPEARANCE -- Theodore Goller for Dixilyn-Field Drilling
| Co. (emh) .
80/07/21 APPEARANCE -- Michael P. Tierney, Esquire for International
Underwater Contractors, Inc. (rew)
80/07/21 4 REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME -~- International Underwater
Contractors, Inc. —-- GRANTED TO ALL PARTIES to and including
August 15, 1980 (emh)
80/07/21 5 REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME -- Helle Engineering Inc. --
GRANTED TO ALL PARTIES to & including 8/15/80 (emh)
80/07/21 6 REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME -- Dixilyn-Field Drilling Co. --
GRANTED TO ALL PARTIES to & including 8/15/80 (emh)
80/07/21 7 RESPONSE/MEMORANDUM -- I.U.C. International Inc. --
w/cert. of svc. (emh)
80/07/21 APPEARANCE -- Gregory A. Post for Helle Engineering Inc. (emh)
80/08/15| 8 RESPONSE -- Defendant Helle Engineering, Inc.,
w/CERT. OF SVC. (ds)
80/08/18|9 RESPONSE/MEMORANDUM -- International Underwater
Contractors, Inc. -- w/cert. of sve. (emh)
80/08/19] 10 RESPONSE--Dixilyn Field Drilling Co. to Plaintiff's Motion
for Consolidation of Pretrial Proceedings w/Complaint and
Cert. of Svc. (ds)
80/08/21 HEARING ORDER -- setting A-1 thru A-5 for hearing on
Sept. 25, 1980 in Nashville, Tenn. (ea)

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DOCKET NO. -
Date Pleading Description
80/08/22 RESPONSE -- International Underwater Contractors, Inc.
w/Cert. of Svc. (ds)
80/09/02 RESPONSE -- 1.2.8. Int'l. (cds) w/cert. of service (cds)
80/09/12 REPLY BRIEF -- Plaintiffs Henry G. Hoffman, etc. —-- w/cert.
of service (cds)
80/09/12 WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT -- All parties (cds)
80/10/1 ORDER ~-- denying transfer of litigation under 28 U.S.C.
§1407. Notified involved judges, clerks, counsel and
recipients. (ds)

JPML Form 1 . .
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Revised: 8/78
DOCKET NO. 439 —- JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
CAPTION: In re Diving Disaster Involving the Venture I in the North Sea on May 10, 1977
eee em errr rr eee	_——_—_——
SUMMARY OF LITIGATION
9/25/80 :
Dates Filed Type Citation District Name of Judge Assigned From
10/1/80 MO
Unpub.
Special Transferee Information
DATE CLOSED:

JPMI, FORM 1 LISTING OF INVOLVED ACTIONS
DOCKET NO. 439 =~-- In re Diving Disaster Involving the VENTURE I in the North Sea on May 10, 1977
Intra- District Civi ransfereghate of
Office and Action ransfer| Docket [Dismissal
Number Caption IJudge Number Date Number lr Remand Misc.
A-1 Henry G. Hoffman, etc. v. I.U.C. S.D.N.YJ 79 CIV 2431
International, Inc., et al. Sweet
A-2 Henry G. Hoffman, etc. v. North Sea E.D.PA 79-1665
Sun Oil Co., Ltd., et al. VanArtsdalen
A-3 Henry G. Hoffman, etc. v. Southwest W.D.Tex SA 79 CA 156
Research Institute Spears
A-4 Henry G. Hoffman, etc. v. Helle S.D.Calif. 79-619-T
Engineering, Inc., et al. Thompso |
A-5 Henry G. Hoffman, etc. v. Dixilyn S.D.Tex H-80-824
Field Drilling Corp. SeA4ls
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JPML: Form 4
ATTORNEY SERVICE LIST
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
| DOCKET NO. 439 -- IN RE DIVING DISASTER INVOLVING THE VENTURE I IN THE‘
| NORTH SEA ON MAY 10, 1977
HENRY G. HOFFMAN, ETC. HELLE ENGINEERING, INC.
(A-1,A-2,A-3,A-4 & A-5) Lo
Louis Samuel Fine, Esquire Gregory Post, Esquire :
Fine, Staud and Grossman Post, Kirby, Wideman and Nonhan
1333 Race Street 600 B Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19107 San Diego, Calif. 92101
TUC INTERNATIONAL INC. DEXIELIN COMPANY
David J. Daugherty, Esquire DIXILYN FIELD DRILLING CORP.
Kirlin, Campbell & Keating
120 Broadway Theodore Goller, Esquire | .
New York, New York 10271 Fulbright and Jawarski
800 Bank of Southwest
NORTH SEA SUN OIL CO., LTD. Houston, Texas 77002 i
SUN COMPANY, INC.
SUN OIL COMPANY
George D. Sheehan, Sr., Esquire
McWilliams and Sweeney
1530 Three Penn Center Plaza
Philadelphia, Pa. 19102
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE ’
Damon Ball, Esquire
Groce, Locke & Hebdon
2000 Frost Bank Tower
San Antonio, Texas 78205
INTERNATIONAL UNDERWATER CONTRACTORS,
INC. I
Michael Tierney, Esquire
Coudert Brothers
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166

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COMMON PARTY CHECKLIST -- JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
DOCKET NO. 439 -- In re Diving Disaster Involving the Venture I in the
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North Sea Sun 0il
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Sun Oil Company
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Southwest Research —Institute —
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_ Helle Engineering, Inc. [—
‘Dixilyn Field Drilling EE —————V corp. —
International Underwater (———
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