Fraco Products, Ltd. v. Bostonian Masonry Corp.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
1Opinion of the CourtKatzmann, J.
This appeal arises from a construction accident *297and involves a dispute over indemnification.2 The primary issue on appeal is whether the trial judge properly granted summary judgment against Fraco Products, Ltd., and Fraco Products, Inc. (collectively, Fraco), on their third-party complaint seeking indemnification from Bostonian Masonry Corporation (Bostonian) on a theory of common-law indemnity, where Bostonian had paid workers’ compensation benefits to the estate of its employee, the plaintiff in the underlying suit.3 We affirm.
Background. Fraco is a designer, manufacturer, and seller of…
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