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FONTENOT v. SOUTHWESTERN OFFSHORE CORP.

No. 99-1559.

771 So.2d 679 (2000)

Keith FONTENOT v. SOUTHWESTERN OFFSHORE CORPORATION and Pennzoil Exploration and Production Company.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied November 3, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Ryan, Jeffrey M. Bassett, Opelousas, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiff.

Gary P. Kraus, Mark A. Lowe, Lafayette, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant.

John P. Wolff, III, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant.

Michael A. McGlone, William M. Quin, New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant/ Appellee.

Barry L. Domingue, Lafayette, Louisiana, Counsel for Intervenor.

(Court composed of JOHN D. SAUNDERS, JIMMIE C. PETERS, and MICHAEL G. SULLIVAN, Judges.)

SULLIVAN, Judge.

In this maritime personal injury case, the trial court granted summary judgments holding that a contract to perform drilling mud services on a jackup barge on the outer Continental Shelf was nonmaritime; therefore, the Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act (LOIA), La.R.S. 9:2780, invalidated its indemnity and additional insured provisions. Because we disagree with the trial court's characterization of the contract as nonmaritime, we reverse the trial court...

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