KEEN v. MILLER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, INC.

No. 12-60220.

702 F.3d 239 (2012)

Deborah KEEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MILLER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP, INC.; Aerotek, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 10, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Brett Turnbull , Farris, Riley & Pitt, L.L.P., Birmingham, AL, Clyde H. Gunn, III , W. Corban Gunn , David Neil Harris, Jr. , Christopher Collins Van Cleave , Corban Gunn & Van Cleave, Biloxi, MS, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

LeAnn Walber Nealey , Paul Michael Ellis , Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, P.L.L.C., Ridgeland, MS, Patrick Timothy Bergin , Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, P.L.L.C., Gulfport, MS, David M. Thomas, II , Anne Harlan Latino , Armin J. Moeller, Jr. , Balch & Bingham, L.L.P., Jackson, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and KING and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


CARL E. STEWART, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant, Deborah Keen appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants-Appellees, Miller Environmental Group ("Miller") and Aerotek on her negligent hiring claim under Mississippi law. For the reasons provided below, we AFFIRM.

I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico ("Gulf"). The explosion caused, among...

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