Opinion ID: 1880976
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Heading: Warranty Clause

Text: The courts in both Campbell and R.E.M. recognized that the interpretation of the indemnity provision in such a way as to negate a duty to indemnify by the subcontractor did not foreclose other avenues through which liability could be placed on the subcontractor. See Campbell, 567 N.W.2d at 671 n. 2 (recognizing that the subcontract between the parties did not totally relieve the subcontractor from liability where contract also included warranty provision; however, jury found subcontractor faultless and thus, warranty provision did not apply); R.E.M. IV, 313 N.W.2d at 436 (noting that court's refusal to require indemnity did not mean subcontractor escaped liability, citing warranty provision). As mentioned above, Modern Piping did raise the warranty issue in its petition and the issue was submitted to the jury. However, Modern Piping did not raise this theory of recovery in its motion for directed verdict or in its motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. Furthermore, Modern Piping failed to raise the warranty claim in its brief before our court. Therefore, we conclude that Modern Piping has not preserved error and has waived its right to appellate review of the warranty issue.