Voces v. Energy Resource Technology, G.O.M., L.L.C.

PER CURIAM: *

Defendant-Appellee Energy Resource Technology GOM, L.L.C. hired an independent contractor to remove one of its oil and gas platforms located on the outer continental shelf off the coast of Louisiana. During the removal, Peter Voces, a welder employed by the independent contractor, was killed. Mr. Voces’s wife, Plaintiff-Appellant Marites Voces, individually and on behalf of Mr. Voces’s estate and their four minor children, sued Defendants-Appel-lees, asserting that they were vicariously liable for the independent contractor’s negligent acts and independently liable for their own…