Apartment Contractor: Firing Of Subcontractor Not Required For Indemnification

Mealey's (August 11, 2021, 8:02 AM EDT) -- BOSTON — A trial court erred in finding that an apartment building contractor had to terminate a subcontractor accused of fabricating defective windows and other modular components in order for a subcontractor’s insurer to indemnify the contractor as “it is difficult if not impossible to provide a practical justification to require termination AFTER the work is completed,” the contractor argues in its reply brief filed July 22 in the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....