Southern Railway Co. v. General Television Arts, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GUIN, District Judge.

Defendant has, in its alternative motions, asked the court to reconsider its order granting partial summary judgment, entered November 10, 1982. The basis for these motions is the recently decided case of Brown Mechanical Contractors, Inc. v. Centennial Insurance Company, 16 ABR 2924 (Ala. January 7th, 1982).

In Brown, the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed its previous decisions on indemnification by stating:

In [Industrial Tile, Inc. v.] Stewart we held that indemnification for one’s own negligence is available only where “the parties knowingly,…