Bartlett v. Davis Corporation

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• following the rule of strict construction, but finding it unnecessary that the indemnity agreement contain- specific or express language covering the indemni-tee’s negligence
• “Where the indemnitor has possession and control of the work or premises and the owner does not maintain independent operations on the premises, a contract of indemnity is generally construed to cover passive negligence of the owner.”
• indemnification agreement need not contain express language covering owner’s negligence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).