People v. Sotheby's, Inc.

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• applying traditional contract principles and denying specific performance due to non-occurrence of condition precedent of prompt notification
• finding Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 175, § 112, requiring insurers to show prejudice before refusing indemnification for late notice, inapplicable to two sophisticated businesses who negotiated an indemnification clause as part of a private contract
• court applied §414 against Boston Edison Co., the owner of the construction site, not the principal contractor
• G.L.c. 175, 112 not applicable to two sophisticated businesses who negotiated an indemnification clause as part of a private contract
• party may not read in evidence unverified answer in pleadings

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