Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Liberty Services, Inc.

I THIBODEAUX, Judge.

Liberty Services, Inc. seeks review of the trial court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Phillips Petroleum Company. This appeal arises out of a suit filed by Phillips Petroleum against Liberty Services to enforce the indemnification provision of their contract. The Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act (LOIA), La.R.S. 9:2780, requires a judicial determination that an indemnitee is either free from negligence or fault (strict liability) for death or bodily injury to persons, before ^contractual indemnity clauses such as the one at issue can be enforced. On a previous…