Indemnity is a contract by which one engages to save another from a legal consequence of the conduct of one of the parties, or of some other person.
Cal. Civ. Code § 2772
INDEMNITY
Applied in 29 court decisions — leading case 69 Cal. 2d 33 - Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co. (1968)
Most recently applied in 240 Cal. Rptr. 3d 227 - Vaughn v. Vaughn (In re Vaughn) (November 2018)
Enacted 1872.
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