Legal Opinion
Shell Oil Co. v. Brinkerhoff-Signal Drilling Co.
Utah Supreme Court
Decided February 2, 1983No. 18084PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKS, Justice:
This interlocutory appeal in a tort case involves a controversy between a third-party plaintiff and a third-party defendant over the validity of an indemnity agreement. Plaintiff Billie Thomas Back is employed by Brinkerhoff-Signal Drilling Company (hereinafter Brinkerhoff), an independent contractor engaged in drilling oil wells for Shell Oil Co. Plaintiff sued Shell, alleging that through its negligence in attaching a unit to the drilling rig the coupling had failed and high-pressure drilling mud had struck and injured him.
Shell filed a third-party complaint against…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- United States v. SeckingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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- Masich v. United States Smelting, Refining & Mining Co.Utah Supreme Court · 1948
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Thornton Bros. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1939
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3Cited by22 opinions
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