Dismissal of California Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against International Energy Company

In August 2023, a federal judge in California granted summary judgment for an international energy company represented by AZA in a $10 million offshore platform wrongful death case.

U.S. District Judge Fred W. Slaughter ruled that AZA’s energy company client had no liability for an offshore platform accident in which a platform worker fell to his death in December 2020.  

The plaintiffs’ lawyers asserted that AZA’s client had negligently maintained the platform during its former ownership and failed to warn of dangerous conditions on the platform. AZA successfully argued that its client owed the plaintiffs no legal duty, that the worker’s employer was responsible, and that the plaintiffs had failed to meet the deadline to add related defendants. 

AZA Lawyers:  Rey Flores, Michael Gorrell, and Todd Mensing

Case Type: Litigation Defense