Black Diamond Asphalt, Inc. v. Superior Court

Opinion

SCOTLAND, P. J.

Jesus Garcia Adames, the owner of a truck, leased two trailers from Black Diamond Asphalt, Inc. (Black Diamond), a material supplier and trucking company, and contracted with Black Diamond to transport freight for the company. The contracts required Adames to maintain liability insurance naming Black Diamond as an additional insured, and to indemnify and hold it harmless for any liability arising out of Adames’s performance of the contracts.

While hauling freight for Black Diamond, Adames was involved in an accident that killed one person and injured another. After the…