Poulos v. HPC, INC.

CARDINE, Chief Justice.

Appellant Carol L. Poulos, the personal representative of the estate of her deceased son, Shawn Poulos, appeals from the district court’s order granting summary judgment to all appellee-defendants in this wrongful death action. The dispositive issue on appeal is whether a genuine issue of material fact existed on the question of culpable negligence.

We affirm in part and reverse in part.

On April 13, 1982, eighteen-year-old Shawn Poulos died while cleaning a “frac tank” at a well site outside Rock Springs, Wyoming. A frac tank is defined as “any portable or stationary,…