HAWKEYE SECURITY INSURANCE CO. v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 54695.

199 N.W.2d 373 (1972)

HAWKEYE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Appellant, v. KELSEY-HAYES COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Rehearing Denied September 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones, Cambridge, Carl & Feilmeyer, Atlantic, for appellant.

Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons & Irish, Des Moines, for appellee Hawkeye Security Ins. Co.

Ahlers Cooney, Dorweiler, Allbee & Haynie, Des Moines, for appellee Kelsey-Hayes Co.


REES, Justice.

This is an action which sounds in strict liability by which the plaintiff, Hawkeye Security Insurance Company, seeks indemnity from Ford Motor Company as the assembler of a truck for loss the plaintiff (hereinafter Hawkeye) was required to pay to an insured third party by reason of a judgment against plaintiff's insured. Defendant, Ford Motor Company, as the assembler of the truck (hereinafter Ford), by cross-petition sued Kelsey-Hayes Company (hereinafter...

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