Ingersoll-Rand Company, Petitioners v. Valero Energy Corporation, Respondents

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals, holding that the indemnity claims for attorney's fees by Ingersoll‑Rand and Kellogg did not mature until the summary judgment in Valero I rendered the defendants' liability fixed, and therefore were not compulsory counterclaims barred by res judicata nor barred by the four‑year contract limitations period. The court remanded for further proceedings.