Amoco Oil Co. v. Buckley Heating, Inc.

At issue is whether an indemnity clause in a “Jobber Contract” between Amoco Oil Company, Inc. (Amoco), and Buckley Heating, Inc. (Buckley), covered the expenses of defending a lawsuit. Amoco supplied petroleum products to Buckley which Buckley sold, among other places, at a gas station in Westport. Persons injured by a gasoline spill at the Westport station brought an action against Amoco and Buckley. As against Buckley, the plaintiffs recovered a judgment. A judgment was entered in favor of Amoco pursuant to an agreement for judgment. The residual controversy is whether Buckley was obliged,…