BUCKEYE UNION INS. CO. v. ZAVARELLA BROS. CONSTR. CO.

No. 71227.

121 Ohio App.3d 147 (1997)

BUCKEYE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. ZAVARELLA BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, Eighth District, Cuyahoga County.

Decided July 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman, Thomas J. Kaiser and Shawn M. McGraw, for appellant.

Mansour, Gavin, Gerlack & Manos Co., L.P.A., and Bruce G. Rinker, James L. Glowacki, for appellees.


PATTON, Judge.

The primary question in this case is whether an agreement by a construction subcontractor to name its general contractor as an additional insured on the subcontractor's general commercial insurance policy constitutes an indemnity agreement prohibited by R.C. 2305.31. The trial court, having cross-motions for summary judgment before it, answered this question in the affirmative. We hold that the additional insured agreement does not violate public policy...

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