Overview
This case arose out of injuries sustained by an individual when
ice allegedly fell from an above canopy onto her head as she was
exiting a grocery store. The plaintiff sued the property owner
(represented by Michael Kennedy at McCague Borlack LLP), who in
turn sued its winter maintenance contractor for contribution and
indemnity pursuant to a hold harmless clause in its contract.
The dispute between the property owner and the winter
maintenance contractor ended in summary judgment, the circumstance
of which was triggered by the contractor bringing a summary
judgment motion against the property owner on the argument that the