Burns v. Ford Motor Co.

In this case, we are asked to determine the validity of two indemnification clauses. The original action was brought by the plaintiff against the defendant Ford Motor Company pursuant to the Structural Work Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1965, ch. 48, pars. 60—69), to recover damages arising from her husband’s fatal fall from a scaffold. Ford, the owner of the premises where tire fall occurred, was found by the jury to be hable under the Act, and judgment was entered against Ford for $180,000. Ford proceeded against its general contractor, Piping Systems, Inc., in an action for indemnification based…