A covenant, promise, agreement, or understanding in, or in connection with or collateral to, a contract or agreement relative to the design, planning, construction, alteration, repair, or maintenance of a building, structure, highway, road, appurtenance, and appliance, including moving, demolition, and excavating connected therewith, pursuant to which contract or agreement the promisee, or its independent contractors, agents or employees has hired the promisor to perform work, purporting to indemnify the promisee, its independent contractors, agents, employees, or indemnitees against liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or damage to property initiated or proximately caused by or resulting from the negligence of the promisee, its independent contractors, agents, employees, or indemnitees is against public policy and is void. Nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from purchasing insurance from an insurance company authorized to do business in the state of Ohio for his own protection or from purchasing a construction bond.
Ohio Rev. Code Ann. § 2305.31
Promisee indemnified against damage liability
Known as the Uniform Duties to Incapacitated Persons Act
The act spans §§ 2305–2305 (79 sections).
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 4 Ohio App. 3d 209 - Brzeczek v. Standard Oil Co. (1982)
Most recently applied in Toledo Edison Co. v. ABC Supply Co. (August 2002)
Effective: November 19, 1975; Latest Legislation: House Bill 489 - 111th General Assembly
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Ohio Laws & Administrative Rules (Legislative Service Commission). Reproduced from public-domain Ohio statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.