AL HB339

Adds Section 37-3-23.1 to the Alabama Code to regulate indemnification clauses in motor carrier transportation contracts involving vehicles weighing 10,000 pounds or more.

Prohibits motor carriers and shippers from including contract provisions that indemnify either party against liability for losses caused by criminal acts, intentionally wrongful acts or omissions, wantonness, or sole negligence of that party.

Voids contract provisions requiring a motor carrier to indemnify a shipper for losses from improperly sealed or loaded trailers that the motor carrier could not inspect, or from latent defects in property or packaging that the motor carrier could not discover.

Allows motor carriers to indemnify shippers only for losses not resulting from the shipper's negligence, wantonness, or intentionally wrongful acts, and permits motor carriers to require shippers as additional insureds on liability policies (excluding workers' compensation).

Exempts the Uniform Intermodal Interchange and Facilities Access Agreement and other intermodal equipment interchange agreements from these requirements; applies only to contracts entered into after the effective date.