Legal Opinion
Kelly v. DIMEO, INC. WATERPROOFING CO.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 6, 1991No. 89-P-1343PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
We are presented with a case which asks whether a subcontract provision between the defendant, The Waterproofing Company (Waterproofing), and its general contractor, Dimeo, Inc. (Dimeo), requires Waterproofing to indemnify Dimeo for the latter’s payment of an injury claim by Waterproofing’s employee. A Superior Court judge al lowed Dimeo’s claim for indemnification under the agreement. We affirm.
The facts are not in dispute. On November 14, 1981, James Kelly, an employee of Waterproofing, 1 fell off a ladder and was seriously injured while working on a project at the Carney Hospital. Kelly,…
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