{"id":1814,"date":"2013-07-09T16:04:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T22:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/?p=1814"},"modified":"2013-07-01T16:05:36","modified_gmt":"2013-07-01T22:05:36","slug":"utahs-anti-indemnification-statute-and-additional-insured-provisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/utahs-anti-indemnification-statute-and-additional-insured-provisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah\u2019s Anti-Indemnification Statute and Additional Insured Provisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Stewart &#8211; June 22, 2013<\/p>\n<p>In Utah, an agreement to indemnify in a construction contract is governed by Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute, Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 13-8-1. Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute defines an \u201cindemnification provision\u201d as an agreement between any combination of construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors, sub-subcontractors or suppliers (collectively, \u201cconstruction workers\u201d) \u201crequiring the promisor to insure, hold harmless, indemnify, or defend the promisee against liability\u201d arising out of bodily injury, property damage or economic loss if \u201cthe damages are caused by or resulting from the fault of the promisee\u201d or others. See Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 13-8-1(1)(a)-(b). Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute declares that any such indemnification provision\u2014that requires indemnity for either the sole or partial negligence of the indemnitee\u2014\u201cis against public policy and is void and unenforceable.\u201d\u00a0 See Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 13-8-1(2).<\/p>\n<p>Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute provides an exception for indemnification agreements that require construction workers to hold the owner (who is not acting as a construction worker) harmless against joint or concurrent liability. See Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 13-8-1(3). Such an indemnification provision is enforceable as long as the owner was not operating as a \u201cconstruction worker\u201d at the time the liability arose. See Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 13-8-1(3)(b). In such a case, Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute mandates that if the owner has protected itself in this manner, the portion of the damages caused by the owner \u201cshall be apportioned among the [construction workers] pro rata based on the proportionate share of fault of each of the [construction workers].\u201d\u00a0 See Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 13-8-1(3).<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute does not prohibit agreements requiring one party in a construction contract to purchase insurance that covers liability stemming from the other party\u2019s negligence. Such \u201cadditional insured\u201d provisions are common in construction contracts and typically require one party to purchase insurance naming the contractor, owner or others as an insured party in, for example, a CGL (Commercial General Liability) policy. In Meadow Valley Contractors, Inc. v. Transcontinental Ins. Co., 2001 UT App 190, the defendant insurance company argued that Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute voids all such \u201cadditional insured\u201d provisions because it prohibits any \u201cagreement . . . requiring the promisor to insure . . . .\u201d\u00a0 See 2001 UT App \u00b6 18; see also Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 13-8-1(1)-(2). The Utah Court of Appeals held, however, that \u201cthe plain meaning of the statute voids only agreements requiring one party in a construction contract to personally insure against liability stemming from the other party\u2019s negligence.\u201d 2001 UT App \u00b6 18 (emphasis supplied). An agreement to procure insurance is not an agreement to insure, but merely an agreement to allocate the cost of procuring insurance from third parties, and does not, therefore, violate Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute. Id. \u00b6\u00b6 18-19.<\/p>\n<p>via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdsupra.com\/legalnews\/under-construction-june-2013-utahs-a-84725\/?utm_source=LU_Emails\">Under Construction &#8211; June 2013: Utah\u2019s Anti-Indemnification Statute and Additional Insured Provisions | Snell &amp; Wilmer L.L.P. &#8211; JDSupra<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Stewart &#8211; June 22, 2013 In Utah, an agreement to indemnify in a construction contract is governed by Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute, Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 13-8-1. Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute defines an \u201cindemnification provision\u201d as an agreement between any combination of construction managers, general contractors, subcontractors, sub-subcontractors or suppliers (collectively, \u201cconstruction workers\u201d) \u201crequiring the promisor&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/utahs-anti-indemnification-statute-and-additional-insured-provisions\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Utah\u2019s Anti-Indemnification Statute and Additional Insured Provisions<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,9,3],"tags":[379,387,224],"class_list":["post-1814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-2","category-construction-contracts","category-insurance-claims","tag-additional-insured-provisions","tag-anti-indemnification","tag-construction-contract","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Utah\u2019s Anti-Indemnification Statute and Additional Insured Provisions - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myconstructionexpert.com\/blog\/utahs-anti-indemnification-statute-and-additional-insured-provisions\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Utah\u2019s Anti-Indemnification Statute and Additional Insured Provisions - Advise &amp; Consult, Inc.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jeremy Stewart &#8211; June 22, 2013 In Utah, an agreement to indemnify in a construction contract is governed by Utah\u2019s anti-indemnification statute, Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 13-8-1. 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