Legal Opinion
Torres v. McDermott Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 1, 1994No. 93-03053PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRIMBLE, District Judge:
Appellant SECO challenges the district court’s order enforcing appellee Freeport’s indemnity agreement. Because we agree with appellant that the Louisiana Anti-Indemnity Act applies to render the indemnity agreement unenforceable, we reverse and remand.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Freeport-McMoRan Resource Partners, Limited Partnership (Freeport) and SECO Industries, Inc. (SECO) entered into a contract by the terms of which SECO was obligated to perform the electrical and instrument systems hook-up on a sulphur mining facility being constructed by Freeport. Article I of…
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