GRAHAM v. AMOCO OIL CO.

No. 93-3190.

21 F.3d 643 (1994)

Leanna M. GRAHAM, wife of David Graham, individually and on behalf of minor child, Kayla J. Graham and as curator of David Graham, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMOCO OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 26, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvarez T. Ferrouillet, Ferrouillet & Ferrouillet, Adolph J. Levy, New Orleans, LA, Richard A. Fraser, III, Fraser & Sterbcow, New Orleans, LA, David W. Robertson, Austin TX, for appellants.

Ronald Adams Johnson, David J. Schexnaydre, Johnson, Johnson, Barrios & Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, for appellee.

Before JOHNSON, GARWOOD, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In this personal injury case, we are primarily concerned with the questions of duty and causation. Here, an oil rig worker sustained an injury while working for his employer on the employer's oil drilling rig. At the time of the injury, the employer was operating as an independent contractor for the oil company that owned the platform on which the rig was located. The oil rig worker's wife and child sued the oil company for negligently...

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