MENDOZA v. GREY WOLF DRILLING CO., LP.

No. 46,438-CA.

77 So.3d 18 (2011)

Juan MENDOZA, Andrea Mendoza, individually, and on behalf of their minor children, Plaintiffs-Appellees v. GREY WOLF DRILLING CO., LP., EXCO Partners Operating Partnership, LP., Anadarko Petroleum Corporation, Wood Group Field Services, Inc., Michael T. Garcia, and Mid South Consulting, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Plauché Maselli Parkerson, LLP, New Orleans, LA, by Joseph Maselli, Jr. , H. Edward Barousse , Scott H. Mason , Bradley Murchison, et al., Shreveport, LA, by Dale G. Cox , for Defendant & Defendant in Cross-Claim Appellant Exco Partners Operating Partnership LP.

Jack Bailey Law Corporation, Shreveport, LA, by Jack M. Bailey, Jr. , Heather R. Ray , for Plaintiffs-Appellees Juan Mendoza and Andrea Mendoza.

Crawford Lewis PLLC, by Michael T. Durham , New Orleans, LA, Keely Y. Scott , Baton Rouge, LA, Holly G. Hansen , for Defendants & Plaintiffs in Cross-Claim Appellees Michael Garcie & Mid South Consulting.

Campbell, Campbell & Marvin, by John C. Campbell , Minden, LA, for Defendant-Appellee Michael Garcie.

Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Baton Rouge, LA, by Nancy B. Gilbert , Stephen M. Whitlow , for Defendant-Appellee Federal Ins. Co.

Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, et al., New Orleans, LA, by Celeste D. Elliott , for Defendant-Appellee Century Surety.

Before PEATROSS, MOORE and LOLLEY, JJ.


MOORE, J.

This is a dispute over whether a contractual indemnity obligation arises out of a personal injury action filed by Juan Mendoza for injuries he sustained in a gas well blowout on October 19, 2007 in the Vernon Field in Jackson Parish. Defendants EXCO Partners Operating Partnership ("EXCO") and Mid South Consulting Inc. and Michael Garcie (collectively, "Mid South") filed cross motions for summary judgment on the question of whether EXCO has an obligation...

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