Halliburton Co. v. McAdams, Roux & Associates, Inc.

GRANT, District Judge.

John Nelson died in a fire on September 17, 1985, while working on a Campbell County oil rig owned by his employer, respondent Exeter Drilling Company. His wife, Penny Nelson, filed a wrongful death claim (Federal Court Diversity) against the operator, respondent McAdams, Roux and Associates, Inc. (McAdams), and McAdams’ tester, petitioner Halliburton Company (Halliburton), on May 28,1987. Penny Nelson’s complaint attributed the cause {inter alia) of the accident to the negligence of respondent Joseph Slattery, an on-site rep resentative of McAdams. McAdams responded…