Charles Boutwell, and Carol Boutwell, and Rockwood Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellant v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Charles Boutwell appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of appellee Chevron U.S.A., Inc. Because the district court correctly determined that Boutwell was unable to prevail on any of the three pleaded grounds of recovery, we affirm.

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In April of 1987, Chevron took bids to obtain the services of a construction contractor to perform a structural upgrade 1 on Chevron’s oil and gas production platform, the South Timbalier 151, located on the outer Continental Shelf, off the coast of Louisiana. C & B Fabricators, Inc. (hereinafter C &…