BELOIT POWER SYSTEMS v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS

No. 83-3354.

757 F.2d 1427 (1985)

BELOIT POWER SYSTEMS, INC. and Kemper Insurance Companies, as Subrogee, Appellants, v. HESS OIL VIRGIN ISLANDS CORPORATION.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1985.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 29, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Eric Moore (argued), Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for appellants.

Britain H. Bryant (argued), Bryant, Lenahan & Eltman, Christiansted, St. Croix, V.I., for appellee.

Before SEITZ, GIBBONS and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In banc Denied April 29, 1985.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.

At issue in this appeal is the interpretation of an indemnification clause under which Beloit Power Systems, Inc. (Beloit) seeks to impose on Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. (Hess) the obligation to pay damages for which it was held liable in an earlier lawsuit. These damages arose when an instrument fitter, Norwilton Murray, fell and suffered severe...

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