Rivers & Bryan, Inc. v. HBE Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that in an indemnification case, the burden of proof falls upon the indemnitee
• if the court determines that a contract is ambiguous, \the ultimate interpretation then becomes a question for the finder of fact\
• parties are free to enter into indemnification agreements, \even ones providing that an employer who would otherwise be protected by the Workers' Compensation statute will indemnify a third party\
• parties are free to enter into indemnification agreements, “even ones providing that an employer who would otherwise be protected by the Workers’ Compensation statute will indemnify a third party”
• “[I]f a contract is determined by the court to be ambiguous, then external evidence may be admitted to explain the surrounding circumstances and the positions and actions of the parties at the time of contracting.”

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