Charles Daniel Waggoner v. Shell Oil Company, Halliburton Company

Charles Daniel Waggoner sued Halliburton Services, Inc. and others for personal injuries sustained in an accident on a drilling platform off the Louisiana coast. He now appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Halliburton. Finding that there was no factual dispute over Waggoner’s contributory negligence and that Halliburton was entitled to judgment as a matter of law, we affirm.

Pool Offshore Co. and defendant Halliburton Services, Inc. were two of several subcontractors doing work in late November, 1978 on Shell Oil’s drilling platform. To alleviate crowded…