Gary v. Moncla Well Service

PAINTER, Judge.

| plaintiff, Randy J. Gary, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of Schlumberger Well Services (Schlumberger) based on a finding, pursuant to a motion for summary judgment, that Schlumberger did not owe a duty to Plaintiff to protect him from the injury incurred.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In written reasons for judgment, the trial court correctly outlined the underlying facts of the case as follows:

Gary, a floorhand employed by West-bay Contracting Corporation (‘West-bay’), sustained an accident on May 7, 1995 while disassembling a lubricator with two of his fellow crew…