First National Bank of Chicago, et al. v. Cumberland Bend Investors, L.P., et al.

This appeal involves a dispute between a buyer and a seller of commercial property in Nashville over the buyer's obligation to indemnify the seller for legal expenses incurred in a successful defense of a suit for commissions filed by the former manager of the property. The seller filed suit in the Chancery Court for Davidson County seeking to recover its legal expenses from the buyer under the theories of indemnification and contribution. The trial court granted the buyer's motion for summary judgment and dismissed the complaint because the seller failed to prove that it had an express or implied right to indemnification and because, as a matter of law, contribution was inappropriate under the circumstances. We concur and, therefore, affirm the trial court's dismissal of the complaint.