Giguere v. Detroit Edison Co.

Per Curiam.. Third-party defendant, Harlan Electric Company (hereinafter Harlan), appeals from a judgment entered in favor of third-party plaintiff, Detroit Edison Company (hereinafter Edison), on the latter’s claim for contractual and common-law indemnification.

The trial testimony established that Harlan contracted with Edison concerning the rewiring of certain utility poles. The agreement contained an indemnification provision. In May, 1976, plaintiffs decedent, an employee of Harlan, was killed in an accident while he and a co-worker were near the top of one of the 40-foot poles. A rope…