Randall Friou v. Phillips Petroleum Company, Rosa A. Friou v. Phillips Petroleum Company

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.

This ease presents issues whether the owner of an offshore platform is strictly liable to an employee of an independent contractor when the employee is injured by the platform owner’s tool and whether genuine issues of material fact were raised as to the platform owner’s negligence. We affirm summary judgment for the owner on the strict liability issue, but we find issues of material fact on the question of negligence. The negligence issue, therefore, must be remanded for trial.

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Phillips Petroleum engaged Gulf/Inland Contractors (GIC) as an independent contractor for a…