A high-pressure component failed during a routine oilfield operation under conditions the maintenance vendor's own service records had already flagged.
An oilfield worker was injured when high-pressure equipment failed during a routine operation. Maintenance records showed the equipment had been due for a service inspection that had been deferred.
Third-party liability was pursued against the equipment owner and the maintenance vendor responsible for the deferred service. Service records, inspector field notes, and contract scope documents supported the negligence theory beyond the workers' compensation framework.
The worker sustained orthopedic and internal injuries with permanent partial impairment and loss of capacity for heavy oilfield work.
A jury returned a $9.5M third-party verdict supplementing the workers' compensation recovery.
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