Bennett Excavators Corp. v. Lasker-Goldman Corp.

In an action to recover a balance alleged to be due for work, labor and services rendered and for materials furnished, the defendant Lasker-Goldman Corporation interposed a counterclaim against the plaintiff and against defendant Standard Accident Insurance Company, which had bonded plaintiff’s performance of the contract. Standard pleaded, as a claim against the plaintiff and as a third-party complaint against the third-party defendants, Bennett and Somma, that they had agreed, in writing to indemnify Standard against liability on the bond, and to save it harmless from any expense for…