GOLDMAN v. ECCO-PHOENIX ELEC. CORP.

Docket No. S.F. 21291.

62 Cal.2d 40 (1964)

396 P.2d 377

41 Cal. Rptr. 73

BENJAMIN GOLDMAN et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. ECCO-PHOENIX ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

November 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon and Ernest M. Thayer for Defendant and Appellant.

John D. St. Clair, Edward J. McFetridge and Hauerken, St. Clair, Zappettini & Hines for Plaintiffs and Respondents.


TOBRINER, J.

We adjudicate here defendant corporation's appeal from a declaratory judgment decreeing that it is contractually bound to indemnify plaintiffs against liability for personal injuries suffered by one of defendant's employees. We hold that one who seeks indemnification from his own negligence must draft the instrument in specific, precise and unambiguous terms; the imposition of such an obligation cannot rest upon language which is as loose and obscure...

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