Greer v. City of Philadelphia

OPINION

Justice NIGRO.

We granted the Petition for Allowance of Appeal of Custom Tower Structures (“CTS”) to consider whether under the contract at issue in this case, the Commonwealth Court’s decision allowing indemnification for damage caused by the indemnitees’ own negligence violates the rule set forth in Ruzzi v. Butler Petroleum Co., 527 Pa. 1, 588 A.2d 1 (1991). For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

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