Legal Opinion
John Buehler Oliver v. Aminoil, Usa, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 25, 1981No. 81-3036PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
On April 6,1978, Plaintiff-Appellant John Buehler Oliver fell seventy feet into the Gulf of Mexico, from a fixed oil drilling platform (the “platform”), suffering fractures to his pelvis and right fibula, a sprained neck and back, and other injuries. Oliver sued Aminoil USA, Inc. (“Aminoil”), the owner of the platform, for his damages occasioned by the fall, relying on La.Civ. Code Ann. art. 2322 (West 1979). Finding no factual basis for liability under Article 2322, the district court ordered judgment for Aminoil. We affirm.
At the time of the accident, Oliver was employed by Petro-Systems,…
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