TL;DR
Indemnification is the contractual promise by which one party agrees to cover the losses, damages, and legal costs another party suffers from specified claims, allocating third-party risk before work begins. Construction contracts pair the clause with insurance requirements so the promise has money behind it, typically the indemnitor's general liability policy naming the other party as additional insured.
What it means
Indemnification is the contractual promise by which one party agrees to cover the losses, damages, and legal costs another party suffers from specified claims, allocating third-party risk before work begins. Construction contracts pair the clause with insurance requirements so the promise has money behind it, typically the indemnitor's general liability policy naming the other party as additional insured. Scope is the battleground: broad forms covering even the indemnitee's own negligence are unenforceable in many states under anti-indemnity statutes.
Where it sits in the glossary
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Why Ohio homeowners should know it
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