· 7/19/1976
Manson-Osberg Company v. State
Citations
- 552 P.2d 654
- 1976 Alas. LEXIS 394
How courts have described this case
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- finding that enforcement of an express indemnification contract did not violate workers' compensation exclusivity
- finding that enforcement of an express indemnification contract did not violate workers’ compensation exclusivity
- upholding express indemnity clauses in construction contracts as not contrary to public policy in absence of unscrupulousness or unequal bargaining power
- full, not partial attorney’s fees awarded in certain indemnity cases as matter of public policy
- contractor could be required to indemnify state for liability for state’s negligence in supervising contractor
- “In modern commerce, indemnity clauses are no longer so unusual as to require such specific mention of the indemnitee’s conduct as being within the scope of the indemnifying obligation.”
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Judges: Rabinowitz, Connor, Erwin, Boochever, Burke
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