Legal Opinion
Herson v. New Boston Garden Corp.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 24, 1996No. 94-P-1285PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
In 1987, appellant Massachusetts Electric Construction Company, Inc. (Mass Electric), installed switchgear in an electrical vault at the Boston Garden pursuant to a written subcontract with the general contractor, Bechtel Civil, Inc. (Bechtel). The subcontract contained an indemnification provision in favor of Bechtel and the owner, New Boston Garden Corporation (NBG).
*781In 1990, Leon Herson and Dennis Worobey, two employees of another electrical subcontractor, F.H. Newton Electrical Co., Inc. (Newton), were severely injured (Worobey later died) while working in the vault on high voltage…
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