IN RE: Drilling Platform Blowout and Fire in the Gulf of Mexico on March 24, 1980

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GPML TORM 1A .
DOCKET ENTRIES
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
~~... 489 _. IN RE DRILLING PLATFORM BLOWOUT AND FIRE IN THE GULF OF
MEXICO ow 3/24/80
81/11/13 1 MOTION TO TRANSFER, BRIEF, SCHEDULE OF CASES AND CERT. OF
SVC., EXHIBIT -- Pennzoil Co. and Pool Offshore Co.
; SUGGESTED TRANSFEREE DISTRICT: E. D. Louisiana
SUGGESTED TRANSFEREE JUDGE: (eaf)
81/11/16 2 [RESPONSE EXHIBIT A, CERT. OF SVC. -- pltfs. Riley, Elmdahl
! ! and stelly. (eaf)
81/11/23, 73 | REPLY BRIEF, CERT. OF SVC. -- Pennzcil Co. and Pool
© Offshore Co. (eaf)
81/11/24 APPEARANCES -- Aub A. Ward, Esq. for Julia Mae Tagert:;| Steven G. Durio, Esg. for June Chachere Sparks, etal.;
| Anthony D. Moroux, Esq. for Gladys McDonald; Felicien P. Lozes,
Esq. for Anthony J. Deneana; Hubert L. Stone, Jr., Egg. for
Stanley Riley; Newton B. Schwartz, Esq. for Domald J. Stelly;
Donald R. Abaunza, Esq. for Pennzoil Co., Pennzoil Oil & Gas
: ; Co., Inc., Pennzoil Producing Co. and Pennzoil Louisiana &
| Texas Offshore, Inc.; Ronald A. Johnson, Esq. for Pool
: ; Offshore Company; John G. Torian,IIJEsq. for The Analysts, IncC.;
: Douglas P. Matthews, Esq. for Employers Nat'l Ins. Co.;
: Pheodore Goller, Esq. for Dresser Industries, Inc. and Dresser
Magcobar Division; J. Martin Green, Esq. for Dowell Div. of
Dow Chemical Co. and Dow Chem. U.S.A.; E.D. Vickery, Esq. for
: ! 0il Field Rental Service Co. (eaf)
81/24/93
81/11/24 #44 APPEARANCES —-- Michael P. Smith, Esq. for Dora Forbes, Ekc.,
et al.; John S. McEldowney, Esg. for Cochran-Dean Co. (eaf)
81/11/30 4 ] RESPONSE, CERT. OF SVC. -- 0il Field Rental Svc. (eaf)! H
81/12/03 5 : RESPONSE -- The Analysts, Inc. -- w/cert. of serv. (cds)
82/01/22 IHEARING ORDER: Setting Motion to transfer actions to the
: : E.D. Louisiana for Panel Hearing on February 25, 1982 in
: : Washington, D.C. (emh)
82/02/11 6 | REPLY -- Pennzoil Co. —-- w/cert. of svc. (emh)
82/02/18 7 | RESPONSE -- Oil Field Rental Service Company -- w/cert.
of sve. (emh)
82/02/22 8 * MOTION, LETTER, SCHEDULE -- Oil Field Rental Service Co.
w/cert. of svc.
; | SUGGESTED TRANSFEREE DISTRICT: S.D. Texas (ds)
82/02/22 HEARING APPEARANCES: RONALD JOHNSON, ESQ. for Pool Offshore
: Company; E.D. VICKERY, ESQ. for Oil Field Rental Service
Co.: JOHN ELMDAHL, ESQ. for Hubert L. Stone, Jr. and Stanley
i © W. Riley; ANTHONY D. MOROUX, ESQ. for Gladys McDonald;
: | STEVEN G. DURIO, ESQ. for June Chachere Sparks, et al.;
| BBA WARD, ESQ. for Julia Mae Tagert (cds): JA es 7. Leige
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DOCKET ENTRIES
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
SOCELT NO. _489-- In re Drilling Platform Blowout and Fire in theGulf of
Mexice on March 24, 1980
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82/02/22 AIVERS: Anthony J. Denenea; Dresser Ind., Inc.; Dowell Div.
of Dow Chemical Co. (cds)
82/03/0219 {|LETTER -- 0il Field Rental Service (supplementing Oral
! i Argument) w/cert. of svc. (ds)82/03/0510 ETTER -- Penzoil w/copy of Judge Wicker's Order stating| Nov. 1. 1982 trial date for La., E. consolidated actions| w/cert. of svc. (ds)
82/03/11 11 LETTER -- pltf. June Chachere Sparks (re: ltr. pldg. No. 9)i w/service (ds)|
82/03/15 12 ETTER -- pltfs. (A-10) Elmdahl, (A-11) Riley and
| (A-12) Stelly (re: ltr. pldgs. No. 9 and 11 w/svc. (ds)	82/03/24 | CONSENT OF TRANSFEREE DISTRICT COURT for the assignment of
litigation to the Honorable Hugh Gibson for coordinated
or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C
§1407. (eaf)
82/03/24 | TRANSFER ORDER -- transferring litigation to the Southern
i District of Texas for assignment to Judge Hugh Gibson for
coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings under
28 U.S.C. §1407. Notified all involved. (eaf)
83/04/19 SUGGESTION FOR REMAND -- 10 La. actions -- signed by Judge
Gibson (dated 4/11/83) (cds)
83/04/19 CONDITIONAL REMAND ORDER (10 E.D. La. actions) -- NOTIFIED
i INVOLVED JUDGE AND COUNSEL (cds)
83/05/05 CONDITIONAL REMAND ORDER FINAL TODAY -- (10 E.D. La.
N actions) -- Notified involved clerks and judge. (ds)
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JPML Form 1
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Revised: 8/78
DOCKET NO. 489 ~=- JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
CAPTION: IN RE DRILLING PLATFORM BLOWOUT AND FIRE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON 3/24/80
SUMMARY OF LITIGATION
2/25/82 :
. Dates Filed Type Citation District Name of Judge Assigned From
Mar. 24, 1982 TO unpublished S.D. Texas Hugh Gibson
Special Transferee Information /	DATE CLOSED: &/ 4 7
JPML FORM 1 LISTING OF INVOLVED ACTIONS
DOCKET NO. 489 —- IN RE BRILLING PLATFORM BLOWOUT AND FIRE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON 3/24/80
Intra- District] Civil ransferegbate of
Office and Action ransfer| Docket [Dismissal
Number | Caption Judge Number Date Number for Remand | Misc.
aA-1 Tony M. Craft v. Pennzoil Co., et al.|E.D.La.|80-2096~- A 349 ¢ GS-9 5 12KWicker Sec. L. . N
I PUREE Ee
A-2 Dora Forbes, etc. v. Pool Offshore CoLE.D.La. [80-2150 A [SACS
et al. Wicker Sec. L. A 9) 5/5] 3 q| (3) @ 5 -]5	A-3 John Mack Lambert v. Pennzoil Co., .D.lLa. [80-2474 3: Did
et al. Wicker Sec. L. -
RY. sfs/e R	le sa= 13719
A-4 Julia Mae Tagert v. Pennzoil Co. .D.La. [80-3382 RAG
Wi Sec. L. /
icker ec | Co) -/33 sls]? KA-5 June Chachere Sparks, etc. v. Pool .D.Ia. |80-3633 y ~
Offshore Co., et al. icker Sec. L. Gos
ofa [yale 95 55/83 ~A-6 Gladys Ann McDonald v. Pool Offshore E.D.La. [80-4832 HY Zl a ’
Co., et al. Wicker Sec. L. fey
: oo Co lg) dofa $2712	A-7 Anthony J. Deneana v. Pennzoil .D.La. [81-334 fA) DE
Producing Co. and/or Pennzoil Co., icker Sec. L.
: et al. CL ssc §. A-8 Mason Thomas v. Pennzoil Company .D. La. |81-541 far fs ACFWicker Sec. L. o£
AEE 5sfea A
A-9 Ted L. Piner v. Pennzoil Oil & Gas .D.la. [81-1141 off | jCo., Inc., et al. Wicker Sec. L. | y
A-10 John Elmdahl v. Dresser Industries, P.D.Tex.|G-81-203_- |
Inc., et al. ibson , :
Cl | /50/83 le	A-11 Stanley W. Riley v. Dresser IndustriegS.D.Tex{G-81-110- |
Inc., et al. ibson
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BMI La Din Document1 Filed 05/19/15 Page 5 of9
J FORM 1 Cobletnhlatidh Listing of Involved Actions =~ p. 2
DOCKE O. 489 -- IN RE DRILLING PLATFORM BLOWOUT AND FIRE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO ON 3/24/80
Intra- Distric Civil : Date of
Office and Action TransferflransfereepPismissal
Number Caption Judge Number Date pocket No.pr Remand Misc.
A-12 [Donald Stelly v. Pennzoil Louisiana S.D.Tex. G-80-95 Li)E3 >
& Texas Offshore, Inc., et al. Gibson
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A-13 |Pool Offshore Company, etc., et al. v.|E.D.LA.| 81-1136 3/3 S| = WI-1¥G O12]	0il Field of Texas, Inc., et al. Boyle Sec, D
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XYZ-14 [Pennzoil Co., et al. v. 0il Field S.D,Tex. |G-83-34 - - I EP NE av
Rental Service Co., et al. Jen. S.
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ATTORNEY SERVICE LIST
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
DOCKET NO. 489 -- IN RE DRILLING PLATFORM BLOWOUT AND FIRE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO _
ON 3/24/80
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(No appearance received)
TONY M. CRAFT (A-1) ANTHONY J. DENEANA (A-7)
JOHN MACK LAMBERT (A-3) Felicien P. Lozes, Esq.
Charles F. Gay, Jr., Esq. Lozes & Lozes
Martzell, Montero & Lamothe 1010 Common Street
338 Lafayette Street 850 Bank of New Orleans Bldg.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
DORA FORBES, ETC. (A-2) (No appearance received)
MASON THOMAS (A-8) TED I.. PINER (A-9)
Michael P. Smith, Esq. Edward L, Ardoyno, Esq. °
Reis, Stanhope, McKay & Smith 3501 N. Causeway Blvd.
3316 Canal Street Suite 400
New Orleans, Louisiana 70119 Metairie, LA 70002
JULIA MAE TAGERT (A-4)
Aub A. Ward, Esq. JOHN ELMDAHL (A-10)
George and George, Ltd. William H. Berry, Jr., Esq.
8110 Summa Drive 1865 Bank & Trust Tower
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809-3484 Corpus Christi, Texas 78477
JUNE CHACHERE SPARKS, ET AL. (A-5) STANLEY RILEY (A-11)
Steven G. Durio, Esq. Hubert L. Stone, Jr., Esdg.
Hayes, Fazzio, Durio & Richard Post Office Box 2230
202 West Main Street Corpus Christi, Texas 78403-2230
Post Office Box 4026-C oo
Lafayette, Louisiana 70502 DONALD J, STELLY (A-12)
Newton B. Schwartz, P.C., Esq.
GLADYS MCDONALD (A-6) Suite 700, 609 Fannin
Anthony D. Moroux, Esq. Houston, Texas 77002
Domengeaux & Wright
Post Office Box 3668
Lafayette, Louisiana 70502
JPML, FORM 4A -- Continuation .
Panel Attorney Service List -- p. __ 2 _
DOCKET NO. 489 -- IN RE	DRILLINGPLATFORM	BLOWOUT AND FIRE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
ON	3/24/80 _
| OIL. FIELD RENTAL SERVICE CO. :	PENNZOIL COMPANY E. D. Vickery, Esq.
PENNZOIIL OIL & GAS CO., INC. Royston, Rayzor, Vickery &
PENNZOIL. PRODUCING COMPANY Williams
PENNZOIIL LOUISIANA & TEXAS OFFSHORE,INC. 2200 Texas Commerce Tower
Donald R. Abaunza, Esq. Houston, Texas 77002
Liskow & Lewis
50th Floor, One Shell Square COCHRAN-DEAN COMPANY
New Orleans, Louisiana “70139 John S. McEldowney, Esq.
ENSERCH CORPORATION Mills, Shirley, McMicken & Eckel
POOL OFFSHORE COMPANY 700 First Hutchings-Sealy Nat'l
Ronald A. Johnson, Esq. Bank Building
Johnson & McAlpine Galveston, Texas 77550
Suite 4600 One Shell Square i
New Orleans, Louisiana 70139 | HATLLIBURTON COMPANY (no app. rec'd)
| Edward J, Cooney, Esq,THE ANALYSTS, INC. 911 Walker Street
John G. Torian, II, Esq. | Suite 901
Onebane, Donohoe, Bernard, Torian, | Houston, Texas 77002
Diaz, McNamara & Abell
First National Bank Tower
666 Jefferson Street, Suite 700
Lafayette, Louisiana 70502 | a
EMPLOYERS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.
Douglas P. Matthews, Esd.
Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer &
Matthews .
21st Floor, Pan-American Life Center
601 Poydras Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC.
DRESSER MAGCOBAR DIVISION
Theodore Goller, Esq.
Fulbright & Jaworski
800. Bank of the S.W. Building
Houston, Texas 77002
DOWELL DIVISION OF DOW CHEMICAL
CO. AND DOW CHEM, U.S.A.
J. Martin Green, Esq.
Wells, Peyton, Beard, Greenberg,
Hunt & Crawford
Post Office 3708
Beaumont, Texas 77704
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COMMON PARTY CHECKLIST -- JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
DOCKET NO. 489 __ IN RE DRILLING PLATFORM BLOWOUT AND FIRE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
ON 3/24/80
Name of Part Named as Party in Following Actions
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The Analysts, Inc. of Texas Bl fteld Lily £2
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Penngoil Louisiana & ee
Texas Offshore, Inc. [TH
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Enserch Corp. ee
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Cochran-Dean Co.
| A717 |
Halliburton Co. 1
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