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BETHLEHEM STEEL v. G.C. ZARNAS & CO.

No. 103, September Term, 1984.

304 Md. 183 (1985)

498 A.2d 605

BETHLEHEM STEEL CORPORATION v. G.C. ZARNAS AND CO., INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

October 7, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Trezise, Baltimore (Benjamin R. Goertemiller and Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, on brief), for appellant cross-appellee.

Donald K. Krohn, Baltimore (Donald L. Merriman and Merriman & Mann, P.A., Baltimore, on brief), for appellee cross-appellant.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ., and JAMES C. MORTON, Jr., Associate Judge of the Court of Special Appeals (retired), specially assigned.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

This case presents a conflict of laws question, namely whether a provision of a construction contract executed in Pennsylvania, whereby the promisor agreed to indemnify the promisee against liability for damages resulting from the sole negligence of the promisee, is so contrary to Maryland public policy that it is unenforceable in a Maryland Court.

On February 14, 1977, G.C. Zarnas and Co., Inc. and Bethlehem Steel Corporation entered into...

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