Janet R. Miller-Schmidt v. Gastech, Inc., the American Bureau of Shipping, Inc.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Janet Miller-Schmidt appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant American Bureau of Shipping, Inc. (ABS). Concluding the district court’s grant of ABS’s motion for summary judgment was not improper, we affirm.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

ODECO, Inc. owned and operated the OCEAN VIKING, a semi-submersible drilling rig of Panamanian registry which by late 1985, was due for a renewal of its loadline certificate. In order to renew the certificate, ODECO engaged ABS to inspect the OCEAN VIKING’s structural integrity as…