Legal Opinion
Myers v. Pennzoil Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 12, 1989No. 89-4135PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LITTLE, District Judge:
I. FACTS
While working on a stationary platform in the Gulf of Mexico, Dwayne Myers suffered fatal injuries. Pennzoil Company, the rig owner, engaged Loffland Brothers Co., Myers’ employer, to drill a well. The equipment employed to perform the drilling function was owned by Loffland. As is usual with mineral exploration and discovery, sections of drilling pipe are screwed together to provide the lengthy shaft from the drilling rig to the hole deep in the earth’s crust. To screw the pipe sections together, the employees of Loff-land used a Kelly Spinner. This piece of…
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