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SKUZINSKI v. BOUCHARD FUELS, INC.

(15564)

240 Conn. 694 (1997)

ALFONS SKUZINSKI v. BOUCHARD FUELS, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 6, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Gallagher, with whom were Kurt D. Koehler, Thomas J. Airone, Joseph Trotta and Erica Todd, for the appellants (defendants).

Ann Grunbeck Monaghan, with whom were John L. Hayes and, on the brief, Lloyd D. Petersen, for the appellees (third party defendants).

Callahan, C. J., and Norcott, Palmer, McDonald and Peters, Js.

Opinion

PETERS, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether, as a condition to a common law action for indemnification, a tortfeasor must establish the existence of an independent relationship between itself and the joint tortfeasor from which it seeks indemnity. The plaintiff, Alfons Skuzinski, filed a complaint seeking damages for personal injuries that he had sustained when he was struck by a truck operated by the defendant Brian Bouchard...

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