Leach v. Eychaner

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE THOMAS J. MORAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs appeal the trial court’s judgment on the pleadings which dismissed their third-party complaint for a failure to state a cause of action.

The sole issue is whether an indemnity agreement between the parties, contained in a leasing arrangement, indemnified the plaintiffs against their own negligence with respect to the injury claimed.

The pleadings show that tire defendant, Arvidson Cabinet Co., rented the first floor of a warehouse from Mildred Eychaner, d/b/a Allied Warehouses, with the exception of certain space…