Warren Drilling Co., Inc. v. Ace American Ins. Co.

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

Warren Drilling Company drilled three natural-gas weljs as an independent contractor for an entity once called Equitable Production Company and now called EQT. After work on the wells ended, four residents of the area filed a lawsuit alleging that the companies contaminated their water supply. In this action, Warren and EQT each claim that the other company is responsible for paying the defense costs of the contamination action. The district court ruled that EQT must cover Warren’s attorney’s fees and settlement costs from the contamination action but not the attorney’s…