JOSEPH L. ROZIER MACH. CO. v. NILO BARGE LINE, INC.

No. 74-167.

318 So.2d 557 (1975)

JOSEPH L. ROZIER MACHINERY COMPANY and Continental Casualty Company, Appellants, v. NILO BARGE LINE, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Pittman, Macfarlane, Ferguson, Allison & Kelly, Tampa, for appellants.

Thomas T. Steele, Fowler, White, Gillen, Boggs, Villareal & Banker, Tampa, for appellee.


GRIMES, Judge.

This suit involves the interpretation of an indemnity clause in an equipment rental contract.

Ralph Hersey was an employee of Nilo Barge Line, Inc. (Nilo). At the direction of his employer, Hersey drove a truck from Tampa to Orlando to rent a portable generator from Rozier Machinery Company (Rozier). At Rozier's office Hersey signed Rozier's form equipment lease contract on behalf of his employer. The contract provided in part:

INDEMNITY...

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