Avondale Shipyards, Inc. v. Comet Construction Co.

KLIEBERT, Judge.

Avondale Shipyards, Inc. (Avondale), the prime contractor, and Comet Construction Company, Inc. (Comet), a sub-contractor, *1184entered into an agreement under which Comet was to provide welding and pipefit-ting services on a drilling rig being constructed by Avondale. While employees of Comet were welding on the floor above the control room, a fire erupted in the rig’s control room causing damage to equipment previously stored on the rig by Avondale. Based on the indemnification and hold harmless provisions of the contract, Avon-dale brought suit to recover from Comet the damages…