Chevron Oronite Wins Asbestos Indemnification Claim

Chevron Oronite Co. is owed indemnification by a company it hired to provide welding services over an asbestos exposure suit brought by a welder, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana said.

The contractor can’t escape liability even if Chevron Oronite’s negligence contributed to the injury, the court said.

The contractor, a corporate predecessor of Jacobs Field Services North America, agreed by contract to indemnify Chevron Oronite Co. against loss, damage, injury, liability, or death connected with its performance under the contract.

After welder Wayne Bourgeois sued Chevron Oronite alleging he developed mesothelioma while working on the ...