1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 770 F.2d
  5. 770 F.2d 499 (1985)
 

SIMPSON v. HOME PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 84-2420.

770 F.2d 499 (1985)

Jerry K. SIMPSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HOME PETROLEUM CORPORATION and Home Oil Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ungar, Wheelahan & Dunn, Wiedemann & Fransen, A. Remy Fransen, Jr., New Orleans, La., Anthony E. Pletcher, Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant.

Kathryn Snapka, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHNSON, GARWOOD and HILL, Circuit Judges.

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Jerry Simpson brought this Texas diversity action against the lessee under an oil and gas lease, its parent, and the lessee's drilling consultant for injuries he received in a drilling rig accident as a result of the alleged negligence of the drilling consultant. Simpson appeals from a judgment in favor of the lessee based upon the jury's finding that the drilling consultant was acting not as an agent or an employee...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases