Uniwest And Virginia's Anti-Indemnification Statute: The Trap For The Unwary Should Be Closed | Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Virginia’s anti-indemnity statute states, in relevant part: Any provision contained in any contract relating to the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of a building … by which the contractor performing such work purports to indemnify or hold harmless another party to the contract against liability for damage … caused by or resulting solely from the negligence of such other party … is against public policy and is void and unenforceable. Inclusion of the word “solely” in Section 11-4.1 leads most readers to co...
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