Aderhold v. Four Seasons Travel, Inc.

MADDOX, Justice.

The issue is whether the trial court erred in dismissing the plaintiff’s indemnity claim on the basis that the indemnity agreement, if in fact there was one, did not comply with the Statute of Frauds, Ala.Code 1975, § 8-9-2(3). We affirm.

In 1988 Gary Aderhold was invited to become a shareholder in a corporation named Travel Management, Inc. (hereinafter “TMI”). The other principals of TMI were Jerry Coleman, Michael Sparkman, and Clay Nottrodt. Aderhold had attended high school with Coleman but had had no personal acquaintance with Sparkman or Nottrodt until he became a…