Bosca v. J. A. Ferguson Construction Co.

This is a suit on a contract of indemnification. Under the contract, the subcontractor, Irving M. Moskovitz & Company, agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the general contractor, J. A. Ferguson Construction Co., for covered claims arising from the subcontractor’s work, on a multistory apartment building to be constructed in Highland Park, Michigan. On May 1, 1972, Roger Bosca, a Moskovitz employee, fell to his death from a fifth-floor opening in the building under construction. The circumstances of his fatal plunge, hotly disputed at trial, are largely a matter of conjecture. The record,…