For many years, the rule of law governing claims for contractual indemnification in New Jersey has been well-established under the so-called “Azurak” rule, which requires that, in order for a party to be indemnified for its own negligence, the agreement upon which the claim is based must explicitly and unambiguously say so. This rule has been applied in dozens of decisions in New Jersey, all of which stemmed from “third-party” claims—meaning matters in which the party seeking indemnification was sued by an outside person or entity (such as an injured plaintiff).     Read the article…………………………….