UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 00-10035
Summary Calendar
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AMOCO PRODUCTION CO.,
Plaintiff,
versus
HYDROBLAST CORPORATION,
Defendant - Third Party Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
FIREMANS FUND INSURANCE COMPANY,
Third Party Defendant - Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
(5:98-CV-264-C)
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July 7, 2000
Before SMITH, BARKSDALE, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Third party plaintiff-appellant, Hydroblast Corporation,
appeals the summary judgment granted in favor of third party
defendant-appellee, Firemans Fund Insurance Company, the main claim
having been settled previously. Hydroblast contends that the
pollution exclusion endorsement in the Firemans Fund policy
excludes coverage only for environmental-type injuries, and that,
consequently, the district court erred by holding that the
endorsement excludes coverage for the workplace accident in which
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Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
Hydroblast employees were injured as a result of actual, physical
contact with a chemical cleaning solvent.
Consistent with FED. R. CIV. P. 56, and having reviewed the
briefs and the summary judgment evidence, the summary judgment was
proper, essentially for the reasons stated by the district court.
Amoco Production Co. v. Hydroblast Corp., No. 5:98-CV-264-C (N.D.
Tex. 10 Dec. 1999) (unpublished).
AFFIRMED
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