Spence & Howe Construction Company, Petitioner v. Gulf Oil Corporation, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Civil Appeals, holding that the indemnity clause in the parties’ purchase order expressly covered Gulf Oil’s negligence and therefore Spence & Howe Construction must indemnify Gulf for the injury, and that Texas public policy does not forbid enforcement of indemnity agreements that protect a party against the other’s negligence when the contract language is sufficiently broad.