SEAUX v. LYNN

Civ. A. No. 87-5505.

708 F.Supp. 134 (1989)

Wilton SEAUX, et al. v. Helena LYNN II, et al.

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

March 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth W. Jacques, Trial Atty., New Orleans, La., for Wilton Seaux and Martha Seaux.

Allen, Gooch, Bourgeois, Breaux, Robison & Theunissen, Jere Jay Bice, John H. Hughes, Trial Atty., Lafayette, La., for FMC Corp. and Nat. Union Fire Ins.

Adams & Reese, Joel L. Borrello, Trial Atty., Michael R. Davis, New Orleans, La., for Cliffs Drilling Co.

Johnson & McAlpine, Ronald A. Johnson, Trial Atty., Edward S. Johnson, New Orleans, La., for Ronald Malcolm Patemen and Certain Underwriters at Lloyds.

Habans & Bologna, John F. Colowich, Trial Atty., Robert N. Habans, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Helena Lynn, II, Inc. and Five Star Marine Service, Inc.

Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins & Burr, John E. Galloway, New Orleans, La., for Huffco Petroleum Corp.

Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Dennery, Hunley, Moss & Frilot, Hal C. Welch, Trial Atty., E. John Heiser, New Orleans, La., for Highlands Ins. Co., Underwriters At Lloyds, London and St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.

Rice, Fowler, Kingsmille, Vance & Flint, Winston Edward Rice, New Orleans, La., for Dixilyn-Field Drilling.

Donald T. Giglio, New Orleans, La., for Petroleum Personnel, Inc.


ORDER AND REASONS

CHARLES SCHWARTZ, Jr., District Judge.

This matter came before the Court for hearing on the cross motions of Dixilyn Field Drilling Co. and Huffco Petroleum Corporation for summary judgment on indemnity issues.1 For the following reasons, Dixilyn's motion is GRANTED and Huffco's motion is DENIED.

The purely legal question presented by these motions is what law governs an indemnity provision contained...

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