Legal Opinion
Despaux v. California Co.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided July 15, 1968No. 6451PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUBIN, District Judge:
This case presents again “the simple and oft-recurring problem: does the indemnity agreement involved require the Indemnitor to save harmless the Indemnitee against the consequences of the Indemnitee’s negligence ?” Batson-Cook Company v. Industrial Steel Erectors, 5 Cir., 1958, 257 F.2d 410. The answer to the question thus put in Batson-Cook is equally applicable in this case, except that here the picture is even more constricted than the “very narrow frame” of Alabama law within which it was there viewed. I conclude that the claim for indemnity for costs of defense…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- George Lusich v. Bloomfield Steamship Company, Bloomfield Steamship Company v. Boland MacHine and Manufacturing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Jacksonville Terminal Company v. Railway Express Agency, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Loffland Brothers Company v. Everett B. Roberts, O. D. Casing Crews, Inc. v. Continental Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Aluminum Co. Of America v. HullyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1952
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Gorsalitz v. Olin Mathieson Chemical Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Harold Lee Stephens v. Chevron Oil Company, Defendant-Third-Party v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., and Axelson, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Smith v. Chevron Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Storm Drilling Co. v. Atlantic Richfield Corp.District Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1974
- Cole v. Chevron Chemical Company-Oronite DivisionDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 1971
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