Summers Hardware & Supply Co. v. Steele

OPINION

LEWIS, Judge.

Plaintiff, Summers Hardware and Supply Company, Inc. (Summers), filed its complaint against defendant John M. Steele and alleged, inter alia, that as a part of a lease agreement defendant agreed to indemnify Summers “from any liability ... in connection with [defendant’s] occupation of the premises” and that Summers, as the result of injuries to a third party occurring on the leased premises, made payments to the third party and the defendant failed to indemnify Summers as required by the lease.

Defendant moved for summary judgment and Summers moved for partial summary…