Ashley II of Charleston, L.L.C. v. PCS Nitrogen, Inc.

We certified the following question from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina:

Does the rule that a contract of indemnity will not be construed to indemnify the indemnitee against losses resulting from its own negligent acts, unless such intention is *489expressed in clear and unequivocal terms, apply when the indemnitee seeks contractual indemnification for costs and expenses resulting in part from its own strict liability acts?

In the context of the underlying claim in federal court, we answer the certified question, “no.”

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Central to this certified question is the…