Stephen Babineaux v. McBroom Rig Building Service, Inc. And North River Insurance Company, Intervenors-Appellees v. Reading & Bates Drilling Company

We affirmed the district court’s determination in this case that the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act (Anti-indemnity Act) barred Reading & Bates’ claim for indemnity-

Reading & Bates now argues in its petition for rehearing that the Anti-indemnity Act has only limited application. Reading & Bates argues that the Act does not affect the indemnity agreement to the extent that it requires McBroom to indemnify Reading & Bates for McBroom’s own negligence in injuring a McBroom employee. This argument is based on subsection B of the Anti-indemnity Act which provides:

B. Any provision contained in,…