Darnell Baloney v. Ensco, Inc.

PER CURIAM: *

This appeal concerns the enforceability of an indemnity clause in a contract between Bayou Inspection Services, Inc. and Ensco Offshore Co. The district court determined the indemnity clause was enforceable because it was governed by maritime law which recognizes the enforceability of such clauses, and not by Louisiana law which does not. We AFFIRM.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Darnell Baloney was injured in the Gulf of Mexico while working on the ENSCO 99, a mobile offshore drilling unit (“MODU”). The ENSCO 99 is a “jack-up drilling rig” that, after the legs of the floating rig…