forcum/mackey

Collins, Collins, Muir & Stewart, Christine E. Drage, Jacqueline C. Pons-Bunney and Douglas Fee for Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Lang, Richert & Patch, Val W. Saldana and Tracy E. Sagle Benneyan for Cross-defendant and Respondent Forcum/Mackey Construction, Inc.

Case, Ibrahim & Clauss, Brian S. Case, Costa Mesa, F. Albert Ibrahim, Mark R. Guevara and Andrew C. Carlton for Cross-defendant and Respondent S.C. Anderson, Inc.

RYLAARSDAM, J.

Cross-complainant BFGC Architects Planners, Inc. (plaintiff) appeals from a judgment entered in favor of cross-defendants, Forcum/Mackey Construction Inc. (Forcum) and S.C. Anderson, Inc. (Anderson) (collectively defendants) after their demurrers were sustained without leave to amend. Plaintiff contends the court erred by holding that its claims for implied indemnity required a predicate tort. We find the demurrers were correctly sustained without leave to amend and affirm.

Porterville Unified School District (district) and plaintiff entered into a contract whereby plaintiff agreed to prepare architectural drawings for and supervise construction of a high school. District also entered into contracts with Forcum and Anderson to act as…