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- Title: Halliburton Co. v. Mcadams
- Author : Supreme Court of the United States
- Release Date : January 10, 1989
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 55 KB
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John Nelson died in a fire on September 17, 1985, while working on a Campbell County oil rig owned by his employer, respondent Exeter Drilling Company. His wife, Penny Nelson, filed a wrongful death claim (Federal Court Diversity) against the operator, respondent McAdams, Roux and Associates, Inc. (McAdams), and McAdams tester, petitioner Halliburton Company (Halliburton), on May 28, 1987. Penny Nelsons complaint attributed the cause (inter alia) of the accident to the negligence of respondent Joseph Slattery, an on-site - Page 154 representative of McAdams. McAdams responded that Slattery was an independent contractor. McAdams and Halliburton mutually cross-claimed, and Halliburton lodged a third-party complaint against Slattery ? all for contribution.