Indemnity for Design Professionals. 1. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, Subrecipient agrees to defend (through legal counsel reasonably acceptable to County), indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitees, and each of them, against any and all Losses that arise out of, pertain to, or relate to, any negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct constituting professional negligence on the part of Subrecipient or its Subconsultants, or their respective employees, agents, representatives, or independent contractors. The Indemnitees shall be entitled to the defense, and indemnification provided for hereunder regardless of whether the Loss is, in part, caused or contributed to by the acts or omissions of an Indemnitee or any other person or entity; provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall be construed as obligating Subrecipient to indemnify and hold harmless any Indemnitee to the extent not required under the provisions of this section. Subrecipient shall defend and pay, all costs and fees, including but not limited to attorney fees, cost of investigation, and defense, in any loss, suits, claims, demands, actions, or proceedings to the extent and in proportion to the percentage, such costs and fees arise out of, pertain to, or relate to the negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct of Subrecipient arising out of or from the performance of professional design services under this Agreement. The duty to defend applies to any alleged or actual negligence, recklessness, willful misconduct of Subrecipient. The cost for defense shall apply whether or not Subrecipient is a party to the lawsuit and shall apply whether or not Subrecipient is directly liable to the plaintiffs in the lawsuit. The duty to defend applies even if Indemnitees are alleged or found to be actively negligent, but only in proportion to the percentage of fault or negligence of Subrecipient.
