The adoption of broad-ranging indemnities is not always, however, the best tool for achieving risk apportionment. Ambiguity in the drafting of an indemnity clause presents a risk that the indemnity will not be held to cover losses, which they expected it to cover. Ambiguity is also a risk to the indemnifier that it will be held to cover losses that were not within their contemplation.
Ms. McClanahan was the youngest, by at least 10 years, of the four actresses who played the Golden Girls, well-dressed, clever-tongued, over-50 women who shared a house in Miami. The others were Bea Arthur (Dorothy), Betty White (Rose) and Estelle Getty (Dorothyâs mother, Sophia). Of the four, only Ms. White, 88, now survives.
Truly an original and unforgettable star of two groundbreaking sitcoms, Maude and The Golden Girls, has passed away. Bea Arthur died yesterday at the age of 86. She had been battling cancer. Born Bernice Frankel of New York City in 1922, she and her family moved to Maryland when she was 11. By age 12, she had grown to her full height.