Hanners v. Pender Mill I Associates

By JUDGE ROSEMARIE ANNUNZIATA

The matter to be addressed by the Court in this opinion letter is defendant Henry A. Long Company’s motion to strike the allegations seeking indemnification contained in the cross-claim filed by Commercial Building Maintenance, Inc. Having considered the pleadings, the arguments of counsel and the relevant law applicable to the matter, I will sustain the demurrer.

Henry A. Long Company argues first in its memorandum that Virginia does not recognize a non-contractual basis for indemnity. Defendant cites VEPCO v. Wilson, 221 Va. 979, 982 (1982), for the proposition…