Paul Torres (personally and the estate of collectively 'Torres"), as plaintiff decedent, was killed in an accident while "working in the course and scope of his employment . . ." on a platform (Platform 969) off the coast of North Padres Island, Texas. Torres was working for Wood Group Production Services (WGPS) at the time of the accident. Peregrine Oil and Gas II (Peregrine), which purchased the platform from Shell Oil Company and Shell Offshore (collectively, "Shell") several months before the accident, owned and operated the rig. Torres sued Shell for negligence, Rotorcraft Leasing Company ("Rotorcraft"—WGPS's independently contracted helicopter company) and Malcolm Good ("Good"—the helicopter operator), for negligence, WGPS for gross negligence and, or in the alternative, malice, and Peregrine for negligence or gross negligence. Torres's estate removed the case to federal court under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), as supplemented by Texas law, both because the accident took place on the Outer Continental Shelf and because Texas negligence law is not inconsistent with federal law. All defendants moved for summary judgment to dismiss. Held: summary judgments granted. In regard to the claim against Shell, Torres argued that Shell acted negligently in its design of Platform 969. In its motion for summary judgment to dismiss, Shell argued it did not owe Torres any duty of care because it did not "own, manage, possess, operate, control, lease, invest[,] or have any other form of interest in the platform . . .." Further, Peregrine became the owner and operator of the lease and platform prior to the accident and had subsequently contracted independently with WGPS. The court found that, under the OCSLA, Shell did not owe a duty to Torres for three reasons. First, a prior owner owes no duty to third parties injured on a previously owned property if the prior owner does not occupy, manage, or possess the property. Second, under Texas law, when no relationship involving a right to control exists, one party does not have a duty to control the actions of another party. Third,
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机译：作为原告死者的保罗·托雷斯（个人和集体为“托雷斯”的财产）在“在其任职期间和工作范围内工作”期间因意外丧生。 。 。“在德克萨斯州北帕德雷斯岛沿岸的平台（969平台）上。事故发生时，托雷斯正在为伍德集团生产服务（WGPS）工作。PeregrineOil and Gas II（Peregrine）购买了该平台。事故发生前几个月，它从壳牌石油公司和壳牌离岸公司（统称“壳牌”）处拥有并经营着该钻机。 “好”（直升机操作员），代表过失，WGPS代表重大过失，或者恶意替代，百富勤代表过失或重大过失。托雷斯的产业根据《外地大陆架土地法》（OCSLA）将案件移交给联邦法院），这是德克萨斯州法律的补充，既因为事故发生在外大陆架上，又因为德克萨斯州的过失法与联邦法律没有抵触，所有被告均提出以简易程序进行驳回的判决。 ：作出简易判决。关于对壳牌公司的索赔，托雷斯辩称，壳牌公司在其969平台的设计中采取了过失行为。壳牌公司在驳回简易判决的动议中，称壳牌公司不欠托雷斯任何谨慎的责任，因为它没有“拥有，管理，在平台上拥有，经营，控制，租赁，投资[或]或拥有任何其他形式的利益……。“此外，Peregrine在事故发生前成为租赁和平台的所有者和经营者，随后与WGPS。法院认为，根据OCSLA，壳牌没有欠托雷斯的义务有三个原因。首先，如果先前拥有者不占有，管理或拥有该财产，则先前拥有者对在先前拥有的财产上受伤的第三方不负任何责任。其次，根据德克萨斯州法律，当不存在涉及控制权的关系时，一方没有义务控制另一方的行为。第三，
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