Baroid Equipment, Inc. v. Odeco Drilling, Inc‪.‬

This is an appeal from a bench trial, after which the trial court awarded contract damages and attorneys fees to Odeco Drilling, Inc., Odeco Enterprises, Inc., and Diamond-M Odeco, Ltd. (collectively, "Odeco") against Baroid Equipment, Inc., f/n/a Schaffer, Inc., and Varco Shaffer Company (collectively, "Baroid"). The trial court also awarded Baroid damages and attorneys fees on its indemnity cross-claim against a co-defendant, Rexnord Corporation ("Rexnord"). The primary issue presented by the appeal is whether Odeco, the operator of a semi-submersible drilling rig and purchasing agent for the rig builder, entered into an oral contract with Baroid, an equipment supplier to the rig, that created warranties running to Odeco, which were greater than, and in addition to, the warranties Baroid made to the rig builder, who was the actual purchaser of the equipment.