TESORO PETROLEUM v. NABORS DRILLING USA

No. 01-00-00050-CV.

106 S.W.3d 118 (2002)

TESORO PETROLEUM CORPORATION and Tesoro E & P Company, L.P., Appellants, v. NABORS DRILLING USA, INC., Appellee. Nabors Drilling USA, Inc. (Zurich American Insurance Company, Subrogee), Appellant, v. Tesoro Petroleum Corporation and Tesoro E & P Company, L.P., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Overruled June 13, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy L. Barnes, William Pannill, Houston, TX, for Appellants.

Kenneth J. Lambert, Fletcher & Springer, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, R. Glen Rigby, Vinson & Elkins, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Appellees.

Panel consists of Justices JENNINGS and WILSON.


OPINION

DAVIE L. WILSON, Justice (Assigned).

Tesoro Petroleum Corporation and Tesoro E & P Company, L.P. (collectively "Tesoro") appeal a summary judgment requiring it to indemnify Nabors Drilling USA, Inc. (Nabors) for settlement monies Nabors paid a third party as a result of an oil well blowout. In five points of error, Tesoro contends the trial court erred in granting summary judgment on Nabors's indemnity claim because (1) Nabors's damages arose...

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