Legal Opinion
Pechtl v. Conoco, Inc.
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 11, 1997No. Civil 970051PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANDE WALLE, Chief Justice.
[¶ 1] Ken Pechtl and his wife, Sandra, appealed from a summary judgment dismissing their negligence action against Conoco. We hold the Pechtls failed to raise a genuine issue of material fact that Conoco retained control of the operative details of the work of its independent contractor, Steier Oil Field Services, or Steier’s foreman, Thomas Schmidt. We affirm.
[¶ 2] In 1989 Conoco and Steier entered into .a “blanket contract” for Steier to do oilfield work as an independent contractor for Conoco. 1 In 1993 Conoco and Steier executed a separate “letter agreement” for…
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