JPI WESTCOAST CONST. v. RJS & ASSOCIATES

No. A114692.

68 Cal.Rptr.3d 91 (2007)

156 Cal.App.4th 1448

JPI WESTCOAST CONSTRUCTION, L.P., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. RJS & ASSOCIATES, INC., Defendant and Respondent; Great American Insurance Company, Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent; Transcontinental Insurance Company, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeal of California, First District, Division Three.

October 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory B. Scher and Jo Ann Montoya, Woolls & Peer, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Peter James Whalen, Robert M. Fineman, Kathryn C. Ashton and Anhthu H. Le, San Francisco, CA, for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent.

Christine M. Garrison, Scott C. Sandberg, Snell & Wilmur L.L.P., Costa Mesa, CA, Kevin Scott Taylor, Denver, CO, for Defendant and Respondent.


HORNER, J.*

INTRODUCTION

Appellant JPI Westcoast Construction, L.P. (JPI), the general contractor on a large construction project, hired respondent RJS & Associates (RJS) as a subcontractor on a phase of the project. The construction contract between JPI and RJS contained an indemnity clause in favor of JPI. During the course of the work undertaken by RJS, a worker was killed in an accident. In the underlying action, the...

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