Seals v. Shell Oil Co.

ORDER AND REASONS

NANNETTE JOLIVETTE BROWN, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant Shell Oil Company’s (“Shell” or “Defendant”) Motion for Summary Judgment,1 Plaintiff Phillip Seals’s (“Seals” or “Plaintiff’) Motion for Summary Judgment on Liability of Shell Offshore Company for Vessel Negligence,2 and Defendant Shell’s Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment.3 This litigation arises out of a fall from a ladder that occurred on December 23, 2010 on the PERDIDO platform, located in the Gulf of Mexico approximately 200 miles off the coast of Texas. Plaintiff Seals, who was assigned to work on…