Zimmer v. California Company

JAMESON, District Judge.

Plaintiff seeks damages for injuries sustained on November 5, 1956, while working on the installation of a housing unit over the pump of an oil well owned by defendant and known as the Grimm well. Plaintiff was employed as a laborer or “roustabout” by L & L Production Service, an independent contractor. The other members of the L & L crew were Ervin Kaatz, foreman, and Robert Larsen. The pumping unit itself had been installed previously by the same L & L crew and was operating at the time of the accident. Between installation of the pumping unit and housing unit, the L…