Cockburn v. Terra Resources, Inc.

THOMAS, Justice.

The question common to all the errors asserted in this appeal is whether the record demonstrates genuine issues of material fact that require a jury trial. The claimed issues of material fact relate to the retention of control by an operator of an oil and gas lease over the premises or the details of the work, resulting in its liability to an injured worker employed by the drilling firm, and the culpable negligence of a supervising co-employee of the injured worker. Michael Dean Coekburn and his wife, Melinda “Mickie” K. Coekburn, (Cock-burn) contended that there were genuine…