Legal Opinion
Ogle v. Shell Oil Co.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided December 14, 1995No. 1:94-cv-00449PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
COBB, District Judge.
BACKGROUND
The Plaintiff, Larry Ogle, sustained an injury to the head on May 3,1993. Mr. Ogle, a Louisiana resident, was employed by Brown & Root as a carpenter helper to work on a project for the Defendant, Shell Oil Company (“Shell”), a resident of Texas. As was their custom, Mr. Ogle and a few of his colleagues were eating lunch underneath a reactor vessel which was located in an area of Shell’s Deer Park Plant over which Brown and Root had exclusive control. Both parties refer to this area as a “green belt area.” Just prior to the lunch hour,…
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