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GREAT WEST CAS. CO. v. FLETCHER

No. 815DC578.

287 S.E.2d 429 (1982)

GREAT WEST CASUALTY COMPANY v. C. W. FLETCHER d/b/a Fletcher Trucking Company.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

March 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crossley & Johnson by Robert W. Johnson, Wilmington, for plaintiff-appellee.

Algernon L. Butler, Jr., Wilmington, for defendant-appellant.

HARRY C. MARTIN, Judge.

Under full faith and credit, our courts are bound by the Tennessee judgment finding plaintiff and defendant jointly and severally liable. U.S.Const. art. IV, § 1. Moreover, as a general rule, the right of one tort-feasor to obtain contribution from another tort-feasor is a substantive right and hence is governed by the law of the place of the tort. See 18 Am.Jur.2d Contribution § 44 (1965). The choice of law rule of North Carolina...

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