Subcontractor Not Required To Indemnify Builder For Defects, Appeals Court Rules

(January 12, 2018, 2:09 PM EST) -- COLUMBIA, S.C. — A subcontractor accused of construction defects is not required to indemnify or contribute to a $150,000 arbitration award issued to a woman in her lawsuit against D.R. Horton Inc., a South Carolina appeals panel ruled Jan. 10, finding that the indemnification clause in the agreement between the builder and subcontractor violated state law (D.R. Horton Inc. v. Builders FirstSource Southeast Group LLC, et al., No. 5529, S.C. App., 2018 S.C. App. LEXIS 2)....

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