Legal Opinion
Suffolk Construction Co. v. Lanco Scaffolding Co.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 15, 1999No. 97-P-S07PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLenk, J.
The central question on appeal is whether a contract between a general contractor and its scaffolding subcontractor should be given retroactive effect such that an indemnification clause in that contract would apply to losses incurred before the date of the written contract.
On May 22, 1991, while working at a construction site for a public school, Stephen Hast fell off some scaffolding and was injured. Hast thereafter brought suit against the general contractor, Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. (Suffolk), and against *727the subcontractor that built the scaffolding, Lanco Scaffolding Co., Inc.…
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