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70 Tul. L. Rev. 1097 (1995-1996)
Louisiana Oilfield Indemnity Act: A Necessary Limit to Contract Freedom or Paternalism for Roughneck Contracts

handle is hein.journals/tulr70 and id is 1133 raw text is: COMMENTS The Louisiana Oiffield Indemnity Act: A Necessary Limit to Contract Freedom or Paternalism for Roughneck Contracts? G. Roth Kehoe II* In response to intense lobbying by the oil services industry, the Louisiana legislature enacted the Louisiana Oiifeld Indemnity Act. The Act attempts to remove a perceived inequity between oil companies and the oil services industry by declaring null and void any contract provision which indemnifies the oil company. While the text of the Act purports to limit its application to those contracts that relate to oil and gas wells, the jurisprudential gloss has expanded the Act to the point that it now affects nearly any contract in which an oil company is a party. This Comment explores the confusing jurisprudence and the ambiguous text of the Act. Furthermore, this Comment seeks guidance from the jurisprudence under Texas's nearly identical Qifield Anti-Indemnity Act. Finally, the Comment formulates a test that limits the effect of the Act to its single stated goal I. INTRODUCTION .......................................................................... 1098 IL THE ANTI-INDEMNriY ACmS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO PERTAIN TO A WELL ............................................................... 1100 A. History of the Oilfield Indemnity Acts ............................. 1100 1. Louisiana ................................................................. 1101 2. Texas ........................................................................ 1102 3. Conclusion ............................................................... 1102 B. The Broad Reach of the LOIA and the Pertaining to a Well Provision ......................................................... 1103 C. The Texas Act and Texas Wells ......................................... 1115 III. INSURING OIL COMPANY EXPOSUR ......................................... 1119 IV. SOME OTHER COMPLICATNG ISSUES ....................................... 1123 A. Maritime Law and Indemnity .......................................... 1124 B. Workers' Compensation ................................................... 1128 C. Choice-of-Law Provisions ............................................... 1130 V. A NARROWER LOIA ................................................................. 1133 V I CONCLUSION ............................................................................. 1137 * B.S. 1987, Washington & Lee University; J.D. Candidate 1996, Tulane Law School; M.B.A. Candidate 1996, A.B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University. The author thanks his wife Debra for her love and support. 1097

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