SINAI HOSPITAL v. SIVAK

Docket No. 77-1119.

88 Mich. App. 68 (1979)

276 N.W.2d 518

SINAI HOSPITAL OF DETROIT v. SIVAK

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided January 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sommers, Schwartz, Silver, Schwartz & Tyler, P.C., for plaintiff.

Plunkett, Cooney, Rutt, Watters, Stanczyk & Pedersen (by J.P. O'Leary and Christine D. Oldani), for defendant.

Before: ALLEN, P.J.; and J.H. GILLIS and J.E. TOWNSEND, JJ.


ALLEN, P.J.

In this appeal we are asked to determine whether an action for contribution or indemnity should be brought in the name of Sinai Hospital or in the name of Insurance Company of North America (INA), the hospital's insurer who paid the sums for which contribution or indemnity is sought in the instant action. Obviously, the defendant's opportunity for a successful defense is greater if suit is required in the name of the corporate insurer rather than in the...

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