Donald R. Dow v. The Louisiana Land and Exploration Company, a Maryland Corporation Clayton Wood Consulting, Inc., an Oklahoma Corporation

McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Donald Dow appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the Defendants Louisiana Land & Exploration Co. (“LLE”) and Clayton Wood Consulting, Inc. (“CWC”) in this negligence action. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Mr. Dow worked for W.R. Grace Drilling Co. (“Grace Drilling”) as a member of a drilling crew. LLE hired Grace Drilling as an independent contractor to drill an oil and gas well. Mr. Dow was part of the crew which performed this service. CWC, represented by Clayton Wood, served as LLE’s agent at the drilling site. One day, after…