Hobbs v. Mobil Oil Corporation

OPINION

DIMOND, Justice.

Appellant, Louis Hobbs, was injured when he fell on a stairway located on an off shore oil well drilling platform in Cook Inlet. He brought this action for damages against appellees. The superior court granted summary judgment in favor of ap-pellees and this appeal followed.

Appellees, Mobil Oil Corporation and Union Oil Company of California, operated the drilling platform under a joint agreement. Mobil entered into a drilling agreement with Santa Fe Drilling Company whereby the latter was “to drill a well or wells to explore for and develop oil and gas” from the…