Polaroid Corp. v. Rollins Environmental Services (NJ), Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “when an offeree accepts the offeror’s services without expressing any objection to the offer’s essential terms, the offeree has manifested assent to those terms
• stating that under Massachusetts law, “the interpretation of [an] indemnification clause turns on the expectations and intentions of the parties, at the time of agreement”
• stating that “bare assertions and conclusions regarding a company officer’s understandings, beliefs, and assumptions are not enough to withstand a well-pleaded motion for summary judgment”
• holding bare assertions and conclusions contained within an affidavit are insufficient to withstand a motion for summaiy judgment
• applying the exception to a dispute over whether a waste disposal contract included an indemnification clause
• noting that “silence does not ordinarily manifest assent”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).