MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. RICHARDSON

No. 5400.

273 A.2d 652 (1971)

MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Marvin E. RICHARDSON, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Bowie, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

No appearance for appellee.

Before FICKLING, GALLAGHER, and REILLY, Associate Judges.


REILLY, Associate Judge:

This appeal presents the question of what rights of contribution, if any, may be enforced in this jurisdiction among joint employers in a workmen's compensation case. The judgment of the trial court challenged here raises the issue of whether an order of the Bureau of Employees' Compensation, Department of Labor, directing two employers (and the insurer of one of them) "jointly and severally" to pay...

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