McGehee v. Southwest Electronic Energy

MATHESON, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs Jacob McGehee and Steven Ray Heath appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment to defendants Forest Oil Corp. and Lantern Drilling Co. Forest and Lantern leased a drilling device from Teledrift, the plaintiffs' employer, and returned the device after using it in drilling operations. Plaintiffs then proceeded to clean and disassemble it. Mr. McGehee discovered that, in addition to mud and other debris, several small bolts had fallen into the device. While he attempted to remove these materials, the *621 lithium battery inside the device exploded,…