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An agreement or contract in which one party agrees to hold the other free from the responsibility for any liability or damage tha...
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A hold-harmless obligation in favor of a spouse in a divorce agreement can't be discharged in bankruptcy, the Minnesota Court of Appeals has ruled.
A couple was indebted to a bank for a business debt. When they divorced, their dissolution included a provision that the husband was awarded all interest and equity in their business but also assumed full responsibility for its debt, holding the wife harmless.
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A hold-harmless agreement protected the operator of a climbing wall from liability for injuries suffered by a plaintiff while engaged in the activity at the behest of his employer, the Idaho Supreme Court has ruled in affirming judgment.
The plaintiff and his co-workers participated in a team-building program arranged by their employer at a local university. The program included a climbing wall activity. Several days before the program, the plaintiff's employer required him to sign an agreement prepared by the university holding it harmless from any loss or damage he might incur due to the school's negligence or that of its employees.
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A.A.O. filed the proper permit with city officials 24 hours before the rally, but 20 minutes before the event was scheduled to start Sgt. Burnett of the Dearborn Police Department approached Suehaila Amen of CAAO with a "Hold Harmless Agreement." Burnett said that she had to sign it or the rally would be called off. Amen said, "What could I do? We were under so much pressure. I never thought it would come to this." She signed the form.
Billing protesters for "security costs" has been attempted in several cities across the country, yet in almost every case the city has absorbed the costs or the courts have abolished the fees. During the massive April immigration protests in South Florida, Lee County spent $315,791 outfitting its deputies with gas masks, shields and flexible handcuffs o...
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DOMESTIC RELATIONS – separation agreement; modification; property settlement; mortgage; debt; hold harmless; bankruptcy; non-dischargeable; abuse of discretion; jurisdiction to enforce; subsequent agreement; parol evidence rule; intent; appellate jurisdiction; res judicata.
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BERGENFIELD A new regulation mandating insurance for holding a party in public parks threatens taxpayer enjoyment of the land, Bergenfield civic leaders say.
The new regulation, which took effect this spring, requires residents to show homeowner or renter insurance to hold events on public land involving 25 or more people. The requirement is in addition to a fee, a security deposit, and a "hold harmless" agreement residents must sign to free the borough of liability.
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... the US, or to applicable international agreements (e.g., status of forces agreements) with the count... Insurance, and DD Form 2402, Civil Aircraft Hold Harmless Agreement, are required for use of Air Fo...
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Trial court did not err in finding that the separation agreement hold harmless provision was not a chose in action that husband was required to list as an asset in his bankruptcy petition. Trial court did not find that the chose of action was abandoned. Trial court did not err in finding that husband was not a volunteer when making payments on an equity loan secured by the marital home in which he then resided. Trial court did not err in finding ex-wife in contempt for failing to make payments on the equity loan as required under the court-adopted separation agreement.
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Almost all federal and state public construction projects require the general contractor to provide payment and performance-surety bonds. A surety bond is essentially a financial guarantee that the principal, usually the contractor, can and will perform the work promised under a construction contract. If the contractor fails, the surety is jointly liable with the contractor for the owner's damages and for subcontractor and supplier claims. The surety's liability is limited by the amount stated in the bond (the penal sum), which is usually equal to the full contract price.
The surety's exposure to loss is covered by the indemnity agreement, by which its principal (contractor) promises to hold the surety harmless from any loss arising out of its default. The indemnity agreement is usually...
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The trial court did not err in ordering defendant to pay restitution for a forgery offense where (1) defendant pleaded guilty to forging a hold harmless letter in exchange for the state's dismissing a theft charge, (2) the written plea agreement entered into by defendant states that restitution is to be determined by the court and is not capped at $5,000, and (3) defendant admitted, in pleading guilty to the forgery offense, she wrote checks totaling more than $130,000 from the victims' bank account for her personal bills.