Legal Opinion
Jones v. Berwick Bay Oil Co., Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided September 27, 1988No. Civ. A. 86-5504PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER AND REASONS
MENTZ, District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court on cross motions for summary judgment filed by defendants, Shell Offshore, Inc. (Shell) and Berwick Bay Oil Company, Inc. (Ber-wick Bay). The memoranda filed by the parties presents the following issues for the Court: 1) Whether, under the terms of the contract, Berwick Bay’s duty to indemnify Shell was triggered by plaintiffs accident and 2) if so, whether the Louisiana Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Act applies to Shell’s cross-claim for indemnity. The Court decides both of these issues in the affirmative. In deciding the…
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