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PECHTL v. CONOCO, INC.

Civil No. 970051.

567 N.W.2d 813 (1997)

1997 ND 161

Ken PECHTL and Sandra Pechtl, Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CONOCO, INC., Defendant and Appellee.

Supreme Court of North Dakota.

Rehearing Denied September 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred E. Whisenand, of Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, P.L.L.P., Williston, for defendant and appellee.

Glen R. Bruhschwein, of Mackoff, Kellogg, Kirby & Kloster, PC, Dickinson, for plaintiffs and appellants.

VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1] Ken Pechtl and his wife, Sandra, appealed from a summary judgment dismissing their negligence action against Conoco. We hold the Pechtls failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact that Conoco retained control of the operative details of the work of its independent contractor, Steier Oil Field Services, or Steier's foreman, Thomas Schmidt. We affirm.

[¶ 2] In 1989...

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