Legal Opinion

Randall E. Taylor, Cross-Appellee, and North-West Insurance, Co., Intervenor-Appellant, Cross-Appellee v. Kay Lease Service, Inc., Cross-Appellant

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 3, 1985No. 84-4445PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

Randall E. Taylor, an employee of Rebel Drilling Co. (Rebel), who was seriously injured when part of a drilling rig, a V-door slide, fell on him, brought a negligence action against Kay Lease Service, Inc. (Kay Lease), the company which had transported the rig to the drilling site. The district court granted Kay Lease’s motion for summary judgment based on deposition testimony which purported to establish that Kay Lease workers were the loaned servants of Rebel. Given that there was a master-servant relationship, the district court concluded that Taylor’s…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Standard Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  2. Paul v. Ruiz v. Shell Oil Company, National Tank CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  3. Gaudet v. Exxon Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  4. McCluskey v. ThompsonMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
  5. Roy Hebron v. Union Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Knight v. SharifCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
  2. Lott v. Moss Point Marine, Inc.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1991
  3. James P. Knight, Jr., Plaintiff-Counter v. Rasool S. Sharif, Defendant-Counterclaimant Cross-Claimant-Appellant v. Earl C. Walsh, Defendant-Cross and Edward P. Turner, Jr., David Michael Huggins and Harlon W. Turner, Attorneys for SharifCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989

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