Kerr-McGee Corp. v. Georgia Casualty & Surety Co.

Eldridge, Judge.

Kerr-McGee Corporation f/k/a Kemira, Inc. was sued by Alvin Finch, an employee of Tek-Wal Industrial Contractors, Inc., for injuries suffered while working on the premises of Kerr-McGee when another subcontractor’s employee negligently caused him to become exposed to the unintended release of the industrial chemical titanium tetrachloride wholly within Kerr-McGee’s plant and without any escape of the industrial chemical into the environment caused or contributed to by Tek-Wal. Kerr-McGee settled with Finch and sued Tek-Wal, among others, for indemnification under its…