Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles Hanemann, Houma, La., for plaintiff.
W. K. Christovich, New Orleans, La., for Ocean Drilling and Exploration Co.
John O. Charrier, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Houma Welders, Inc. and Travelers Insurance Co.
United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.
ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:
The motion for summary judgment raises the oft litigated question of interpreting a contract containing an indemnity agreement. The issue is not to be determined by narrowly parsing a single clause or sentence, but by reading the contract as a whole. Louisiana Civil Code, Art. 1955; White v. California Co., W.D.La.1965, 260 F.Supp. 586; Reuter v. Reuter's Succession, 1944, 206 La. 474, 19 So.2d...
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