ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- The lawyer for a Newfoundland oil worker who was shot and abducted from a rig in Nigeria says his client was negligently put in harm's way because of lax security.
Bob Croke of Torbay is suing for compensation along with his former American co-worker, James Johnson.
Both men were shot when militants boarded their rig in Nigeria two years ago.
They have filed claims in Louisiana against rig owner Transocean, London-based oil company Afren, and the employment firm that hired them.
Their lawyer, Timothy Young, says oil companies know the risk of hostage-takings and attacks on workers off the Nigerian coast.
He says there wasn't proper security aboard the rig.
None of the claims involving the Croke or Johnson cases has been proven in court.
