LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. v. FRUEHAUF CORPORATION

No. 72-1122.

472 F.2d 69 (1972)

LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant. v. FRUEHAUF CORPORATION, a Michigan corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

December 19, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reginald S. Johnson, Johnson, Campbell & Moesta, Detroit, Mich., for appellant.

John B. Weaver, Butzel, Long, Gust, Klein & Van Zile, Detroit, Mich., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and McCREE and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, asks this court to extend the indemnification doctrine of Ryan Stevedoring Co., Inc. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp., 350 U.S. 124, 76 S.Ct. 232, 100 L.Ed. 133 (1956), to a non-maritime tort. For reasons outlined herein, we refuse to do so and affirm the decision of the District Court.

In 1961, defendant Fruehauf agreed to repair, alter and clean a tank trailer...

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