Legal Opinion

Steele Foundations, Inc. v. Clark Construction Group, Inc.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided December 13, 2007No. 04-CV-555, 04-CV-756PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RUIZ, Associate Judge:

This case involves cross-claims for indemnification between a contractor, appel-lee/cross-appellant, Clark Construction Group, Inc. (Clark), and its subcontractor, appellant/cross-appellee, Steele Foundations, Inc. (Steele). Both parties were sued by a worker injured on their construction site, and both settled the worker’s claim before suing each other in the instant suit for indemnification. Clark’s cross-claim, at issue on appeal, 1 is based on an indemnification clause in the parties’ construction contract. The trial court found, as a matter of law, that under a…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Holland v. HannanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1983
  2. Dodek v. Cf 16 Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. Intercounty Construction Corp. v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1982
  4. Akassy v. William Penn Apartments Ltd. PartnershipDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2006
  5. DSP Venture Group, Inc. v. AllenDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2003

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