Graham v. Amoco Oil Co.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

In this personal injury case, we are primarily concerned with the questions of duty and causation. Here, an oil rig worker sustained an injury while working for his employer on the employer’s oil drilling rig. At the time of the injury, the employer was operating as an independent contractor for the oil company that owned the platform on which the rig was located. The oil rig worker’s. wife and child sued the oil company for negligently causing the injury. The.district court granted summary judgment to the oil company on the basis that the oil company was not…