HULL v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC.

No. 85-1418.

812 F.2d 590 (1987)

John C. HULL, Plaintiff, v. CHEVRON U.S.A., INC., Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Unknown Defendant A, Defendant, Chase Drilling Company, a subsidiary of division of Koch Industries, Inc., Third Party Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

February 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J.N. Murdock (W.W. Reeves with him on briefs) of Reeves & Murdock, Casper, Wyo., for third party defendant-appellant.

W. Thomas Sullins, II (Michael J. Sullivan and Mark W. Gifford with him on brief) of Brown, Drew, Apostolos, Massey & Sullivan, Casper, Wyo., for defendant-third party plaintiff-appellee.

Before McKAY, MOORE, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges.


JOHN P. MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The single issue for review is whether a written contractual provision for indemnity is void and unenforceable by operation of a Wyoming anti-indemnity statute, Wyo.Stat. § 30-1-131 (1977). The United States District Court for the District of Wyoming resolved the matter on a motion for summary judgment holding that § 30-1-131 did not prohibit indemnification when the indemnitee did not seek indemnification for his own negligence...

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