Grand Trunk Western Railroad v. Auto Warehousing Co.

In this action for contractual indemnity, defendant Auto Warehousing Company appeals the trial court’s grant of summary disposition in favor of plaintiff Grand Trunk Western Railroad, Inc., holding defendant liable for indemnification of $625,000 of a $725,000 personal injury settlement between plaintiff and an injured railroad employee. The trial court found defendant liable as a matter of law after defendant refused a tender of defense in the underlying personal injuiy litigation, and plaintiff settled the claim.1 We *348affirm, although for reasons different from those relied on by the trial…