Strong v. B.P. Exploration & Production, Inc.

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

B.P. Exploration & Production, Inc. (“B.P.”), appeals the denial of summary judgment, asserting that Alan Strong’s tort claim is time-barred. Finding that federal maritime law provides the operative statute of limitations, we reverse and remand.

I

In October 1998, Amoco Production Company (“Amoco”), B.P.’s predecessor in interest, employed Cardinal Wireline Services (“Cardinal”) to plug an oil well that had been drilled on the outer continental shelf, off the coast of Louisiana but outside the state’s territorial limit. Strong was a member of the Cardinal crew…