Legal Opinion
Hollier v. Union Texas Petroleum Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 21, 1992No. 91-4860PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
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David Hollier died in the course of his employment with Petroleum Personnel, Inc. (PPI), while assigned to test a well owned by Union Texas Petroleum Corp. (Union Texas) and located on a fixed platform on the outer continental shelf. Hollier and his partner were to perform certain tests on the well several times each day for seven .days. Since there was no place to sleep or eat on the well platform, Hollier slept and ate his meals on a crew boat that rested next to the platform. One day, as he was crossing from the boat to the platform, he slipped between the…
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