Common use of Responsibility For Damages Or Injury Clause in Contracts

Responsibility For Damages Or Injury. A. The County and all officers and employees thereof shall not be answerable or accountable in any manner for any loss or damage that may happen to the work or any part thereof; for any loss or damage to any of the materials or other things used or employed in performing the work; for injury to or death of any person either workers or the public; or for damage to property from any cause which might have been prevented by the Contractor, or his workers, or anyone employed by him. B. The Contractor shall be responsible for any liability imposed by law and for injuries to or death of any person or damage to property resulting from defects or obstructions or from any cause whatsoever during the progress of the work or at any time before its completion and final acceptance. C. In accordance with Section 16 below, the Contractor shall indemnify, defend with counsel approved in writing by County and save harmless the County and all officers and employees thereof connected with the work, from all claims, suits or actions of every name, kind and description, brought for, or on account of, injuries to or death of any person or damage to property resulting from the construction of the work or by or in consequence of any negligence in guarding the work; use of improper materials in construction of the work; or by or on account of any act or omission by the Contractor or his agents during the progress of the work or at any time before its completion and final acceptance. D. In addition to any remedy authorized by law, so much of the money due the Contractor under and by virtue of the Contract as shall be considered necessary by the County may be retained by it until disposition has been made of such suits or claims for damages as aforesaid.