Reliance Insurance Co. v. Chevron U.S.A. Inc.

CARDINE, Justice.

We are here presented with the following certified question from the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming:

“Do the provisions of §§ 30-1-131 and 30-1-132, Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1977, include the activities of the contractor as described in the stipulated fact situation so as to render void a contract provision indemnifying a party even though such party may have itself been negligent?”

We hold that the agreement between the contractor and Chevron, as reflected by the activities described in the stipulated fact situation, was an agreement to which §§…