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SOVERIGN INS. CO. v. TEXAS PIPE LINE CO.

No. 85-C-1499.

488 So.2d 982 (1986)

SOVERIGN INSURANCE COMPANY v. The TEXAS PIPE LINE COMPANY v. ATLAS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

May 20, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry N. Port, Metairie, for defendant-applicant.

Gerard M. Dillon, Dillon & Cambre, New Orleans, James M. Funderburk, Duval, Funderburk, Sundbery & Lovell, Houma, for respondents.

DENNIS, Justice.

This court decided that a contract of indemnity whereby the indemnitee is indemnified against the consequences of his own negligence is strictly construed, and that such a contract will not be construed to indemnify an indemnitee against losses resulting to him through his own negligent acts, unless such an intention is expressed in unequivocal terms. Polozola v. Garlock, 343 So.2d 1000 (La.1977). The present...

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