Board of Trustees, Community College of Baltimore County v. Patient First Corp.

In an indemnification provision of a contract, one .party agrees to reimburse the other party for a liability, loss, or damage that the other party might incur. 1 This case concerns the application of an indemnification provision in an agreement between a community college and a medical facility under which student medical technicians gained useful experience doing blood draws at the facility. The college agreed to indemnify the facility for any liability that the facility might incur (including attorneys’ fees) arising from a negligent act or omission of a student.

As a result of an…