Legal Opinion
Scotty Duhon v. Union Pacific Resources Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 7, 1995No. 94-40488PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
This is a third party action brought by an oil rig employee and his wife against the developer and operator of the rig, Union Pacific Resources Company (“UPRC”). Plaintiff, Scotty Duhon, is a Louisiana resident who was hired in Louisiana by Grey Wolf Drilling, a Texas corporation which does business in Louisiana and Texas. Grey Wolf was under contract with UPRC to drill a well in Texas. Duhon was injured in the course and scope of his employment while working on this well. Thus, he was entitled to worker’s compensation benefits under either Louisiana or Texas law. Plaintiff re- eeived…
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