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AMERICAN HOME ASSUR. CO. v. CHEVRON, USA, INC.

No. 03-31014.

400 F.3d 265 (2005)

AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY and National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHEVRON, USA, INC., and Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 10, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert I. Siegel (argued), Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, Shawn Louise Holahan, Simon, Peragine, Smith & Redfearn, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Tobin J. Eason (argued), Weiss & Eason, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before REAVLEY, JONES and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

DENNIS, Circuit Judge:

The issue is whether an oil company may call upon the courts to enforce an indemnity clause requiring its oilfield service contractor to indemnify the oil company against its own negligence without affording the contractor an opportunity to show that the indemnity clause is invalid under the Louisiana Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Act (LOAIA). The LOAIA prohibits the enforcement of such provisions in cases in which the oil company's negligence or...

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