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DAY v. OCEAN DRILLING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 72-754.

353 F.Supp. 1350 (1973)

Calvin DAY v. OCEAN DRILLING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

January 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hanemann, Houma, La., for plaintiff.

W. K. Christovich, New Orleans, La., for Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co.

John O. Charrier, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Houma Welders, Inc. and Travelers Insurance Co.

ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:

The motion for summary judgment raises the oft litigated question of interpreting a contract containing an indemnity agreement. The issue is not to be determined by narrowly parsing a single clause or sentence, but by reading the contract as a whole. Louisiana Civil Code, Art. 1955; White v. California Co., W.D.La.1965, 260 F.Supp. 586; Reuter v. Reuter's Succession, 1944, 206 La. 474, 19 So.2d...

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