For amend and vote only, the House Judiciary Committee heard HB 1015 on unlawful indemnity agreements authored by Rep. Torr. The bill provides that the law concerning indemnity agreements in construction or design contracts applies to certain design-build contracts. It also specifies that a provision in a professional services contract that requires indemnification and defense of a promisee for certain liability is void and provides that “sole negligence” for purposes of liability under a construction or design contract does not include: (1) vicarious liability; (2) imputed negligence; or (3) assumption of a nondelegable duty.
The bill passed 11 – 0.
Read the bill at http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1015