Hercules Offshore, Inc. and the Hercules Offshore Drilling Company, LLC v. Excell Crane & Hydraulics, Inc.

OPINION

REBECA HUDDLE, Justice.

This dispute between Hercules Offshore, Inc. and The Hercules Offshore Drilling Company, LLC (collectively “Hercules”) and Excell Crane ,& Hydraulics, Inc. arises from the parties’ conflicting interpretations of indemnity and insurance provisions in their Master Service Agreement (MSA). Hercules contends that the “additional assured” language in the MSA’s insurance provision means that Ex-cell’s insurance must be exhausted before Hercules’s indemnity obligation is triggered. Excell, on the other hand, argues that Hercules’s indemnity obligation is primary,…