by Kent Holland | Apr 11, 2012 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
Where a general contractor performing a build-out for a store tenant (not the project owner) retained the services of a subcontractor for certain work and an employee of the subcontractor was injured by falling from a ladder, the project owner sued the contractor for...
by Kent Holland | Mar 28, 2012 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
By: Michael D. Wilson, Jr. Gordon Rees, LLP 275 Battery Street Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94111 (415) 986-5900 In the period since the California Supreme Court published the seminal decision in Crawford v. Weathershield (“Crawford”) and refused to consider or...
by Kent Holland | Jan 12, 2012 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
Pursuant to a contractual indemnification clause, a trial court awarded damages of $810,000 in attorneys fees against an engineer in favor of a project owner, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., on a jury verdict of $48,600 in actual property damages. Wal-Mart’s first party claim...
by Kent Holland | Jan 3, 2012 | indemnification clause, Newsletter Article
Where a firm (Parsons Infrastructure) entered into a contract to design and construct a soda ash processing plant for Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp (KM) and agreed to provide KM with a defense and indemnity against losses arising out of negligent performance of its work, ...
by Kent Holland | Aug 2, 2011 | Newsletter Article
Where a developer of a condominium, and its design architect, were sued by a municipal equal opportunity housing opportunity council as well as by the state attorney general for alleged violations of not meeting federal and state requirements for handicap access, the...
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