James Reeves v. B & S Welding, Inc., and Exxon Corporation

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of an accident and injury aboard an offshore gas production platform. The district court rendered judgment against Appellant James Reeves, who was injured in the accident. We are called upon to review the district court’s findings of fact and the court’s conclusion that Texas law applies because appellee Exxon Corp’s. platform in the High Island Field is “adjacent” to Texas for purposes of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43 U.S.C. § 1333.

FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

In December, 1985, James Reeves was employed as a welder’s helper by…