Grantee agrees to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the grantor, its appointed and elected officers and employees, from any and all liabilities, claims, causes of action, losses, damages and expenses, including costs and reasonable attorney fees, that the grantor may sustain, incur, become liable for, or be required to pay, as a consequence of or arising from the construction, installation, maintenance, condition or operation of the grantee's equipment or facilities, or appurtenances thereto, connected with this franchise, that now or may hereafter be upon, under, over, in, across or along, the highways, roads, alleys, bridges or other public ways or places of the grantor; provided, however, that this indemnification provision shall not apply to the extent that said liabilities, claims, damages, losses and so forth were caused by or result from the negligence of the grantor, its employees or agents.
Grantor agrees, to the extent permitted by law, to defend, indemnify and hold harmless the grantee, its officers and employees, from any and all liabilities, claims, causes of action, losses, damages and expenses, including costs and reasonable attorney fees, that the grantee may sustain, incur, become liable for, or be required to pay, as a consequence of or arising from the negligent acts or omissions of the grantor, its officers, employees or agents; provided, however, that this indemnification provision shall not apply to the extent that said liabilities, claims, damages, losses and so forth were caused by or result from the negligence of the grantee. (Ord. 507A, 7-24-2007)