Legal Opinion
Duval v. Northern Assurance Co. of America
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 5, 2013No. 12-31102PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:
This appeal turns on whether third-party insurers can enforce a master services agreement’s defense, indemnification, and insurance obligations. We conclude that those obligations run between the two parties to the master services agreement and thus are not enforceable by the insurers.
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