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BABCOCK v. CONTINENTAL OIL CO.

No. 85-3162.

792 F.2d 1346 (1986)

Morris W. BABCOCK, Plaintiff-Appellant, and Home Insurance Company, Intervenor-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL OIL COMPANY, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, and HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO., Defendant-Appellant, v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., Defendant-Appellee, v. DIRECTIONAL ENTERPRISES, INC., Third-Party Defendant Fourth-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Sam CHAPMAN, John Guillory, Rick M. Bowdin & Gilbert Johnson, Fourth-Party Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilfred H. Boudreaux, New Orleans, La., for Directional & Home Continental Con et al.

R. Ralph Bailey, Scott E. Silbert, Metairie, La., Russell M. Cornelius, New Orleans, La., for Conoco/Hartford.

Lawrence E. Abbott, New Orleans, La., for Bodin, et al.

Charles E. Lugenbuhl, New Orleans, La., for Rowan Companies Inc.

Before: CLARK, Chief Judge, JOLLY and HILL, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

In this case, the district court interpreted several indemnity clauses to find that the employees of an indemnified corporation were entitled to indemnification pursuant to contracts that indemnified the corporation. After reviewing the language of the relevant contracts, we hold that Directional must indemnify the Rowan employees and thus affirm.

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On April 23, 1979, Morris W. Babcock, the plaintiff, was working as...

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