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FRIOU v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO.

No. 91-4141.

948 F.2d 972 (1991)

Randall FRIOU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee. Rosa A. FRIOU, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PHILLIPS PETROLEUM COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Colvin, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael R. Mangham, Lisa D. Hanchey, Mangham, Hardy, Rolfs, & Abadie, Lafayette, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, DUHÉ, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge.

This case 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...

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