Couvillion v. Nicklos Oil & Gas Co.

ORDER AND REASONS

FELDMAN, District Judge.

Before this Court is a Motion for Summary Judgment submitted by defendant, Nicholas Collwyn Sturge, Nominee and Representative of Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London. The question presented focuses again on when a state law applies to OCSLA; one which often perplexes federal courts; one for which no bright line has yet been drawn. This Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED.

Plaintiff, Albert G. Couvillion, alleges that he was injured in a slip and fall accident in the kitchen of a Union Oil Company of California offshore oil platform. At the time,…