AM. BLDG. MAINTENANCE v. L'ENFANT PLAZA

Nos. 93-CV-1382, 93-CV-1468.

655 A.2d 858 (1995)

AMERICAN BUILDING MAINTENANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. L'ENFANT PLAZA PROPERTIES, INC., et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 16, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Lopata, for appellant.

Steven R. Migdal, for appellees.

Before SCHWELB and FARRELL, Associate Judges, and GREENE, Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

Invoking different provisions in the same indemnification agreement, each of two successful defendants in a "slip-and-fall" lawsuit has sought payment of its counsel fees from its codefendant. Each defendant has denied, on the other hand, that it has any obligation to indemnify its codefendant for the codefendant's counsel fees. We hold that under the terms of the parties' contract, properly construed, neither party has a right to indemnification...

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