Singleton v. County of Cook

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “indemnify and save harmless against all loss, damage or expense [caused by] any suits, actions or claims” does not encompass attorneys’ fees
• “loss, damage, or expense” does not cover attorney fees
• attorney fees not recoverable under agreement language that contractor was to indemnify and hold harmless the County against all loss, damage and expense it might sustain as the result of any suits, actions or claims; the agreement did not even refer to attorney fees and costs
• “expenses” did not include attorney’s fees

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).