Conoco, Inc. v. Medic Systems, Inc.

Conoco, Inc. (Conoco) appeals the dismissal of its claim for contractual indemnity for attorney fees and costs incurred in the defense of a lawsuit brought against it on behalf of an employee of Medic Systems, Inc. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the district judge’s grant of defendants’ motion for summary judgment, grant Conoco’s motion for summary judgment, and remand for further proceedings.

Lonna Herronen, an employee of Medic Systems, Inc., worked as a paramedic on an oil production platform operated by Co-noco and located on the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of Louisiana.…