Tri-State Oil Tool Industries, Inc. v. Delta Marine Drilling Company, Delta Marine Drilling Company v. Tri-State Oil Tool Industries, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that “[i]t would be wrong to assess damages against a non-negligent or passively negligent shipowner for loss or injury suffered solely as a result of active negligence of another party, regardless of the absence of a contractual relationship between the parties.”
• “the right of indemnity exists between parties, one of whom is guilty of active or affirmative negligence, while the other’s fault is only technical or passive”
• federal maritime law of tort indemnity controls where accident occurs in navigable waters

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).