Marshall Field & Co. v. J. B. Noelle Co.

MR. PRESIDING JUSTICE MURPHY

delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff seeks indemnification from defendant for expenditures made by plaintiff because of injuries sustained by defendant’s employees while on plaintiff’s premises. Plaintiff’s two-count complaint alleges contractual and noncontractual claims for indemnity. Judgment was entered for defendant after a non jury trial.

Defendant, an independent painting contractor, for some years had been doing the painting and decorating in the Marshall Field and Company Loop store under various contracts. The defendant had a locker room for his…