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ORTEGO v. UNION OIL CO. OF CALIFORNIA

No. 81-3483 Summary Calendar.

667 F.2d 1241 (1982)

Curtis ORTEGO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fontenot & Mitchell, Guy O. Mitchell, III, Ville Platte, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Allen, Gooch & Bourgeois, Randall K. Theunissen, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Curtis Ortego, an employee of Pelican Well Service, Inc., was injured while engaged in workover operations on an oil well belonging to Union Oil Company of California. Ortego received workers' compensation benefits from his employer. Invoking diversity jurisdiction, Ortego filed the present tort suit against Union Oil, alleging that Union Oil's supervisors failed to maintain a safe job site.

Union Oil moved for summary judgment, contending that...

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