When a shopper is injured at the mall, the stores insurer consults the lease agreement. But what happens when the indemnification clause is either non-existent or too vague to be enforced?
If one of your employees sexually assaults someone on the job, is your company liable? The answer depends on the extent to which the company created the opportunity for the assault to occur.
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