Legal Opinion
Home Insurance v. Garber Industries, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided July 17, 1984No. Civ. A. 82-1575, 82-2481PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING
SHAW, District Judge.
This case must begin where Hale v. Co-Mar Offshore Corporation, 588 F.Supp. 1212 (W.D.La.1984), ended. Hale had hardly left its berth when the Court was faced with a factual situation bringing the implications of that decision into question. This Court held in Hale that maritime law governed the legal issues pertaining to an indemnity clause in an Outer Continental Shelf drilling contract where the indemnity claim arose out of the performance of a maritime obligation under the drilling contract. The plaintiff in Hale was a seaman actually engaged in the performance…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil Oil Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Dearborn Marine Service, Inc. v. Chambers & KennedyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Hyde v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Hale v. Co-Mar Offshore Corp.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1984
- Champagne v. Chevron U. S. A., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Davis & Sons, Inc. v. Gulf Oil CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
- Levence John Matte v. Zapata Offshore Company, Defendants/third Party v. Timco, Inc., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Knapp v. Chevron USA, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Livings v. Service Truck Lines of Tex., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
- Sidney Page v. Gulf Oil Corporation, Third-Party v. Bilco Tools, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1985
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