BROCHNER v. WESTERN INS. CO.

No. 84SC55.

724 P.2d 1293 (1986)

Ruben BROCHNER, Petitioner, v. WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY, a Kansas Corporation, and the Community Hospital Association, a Colorado Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stevens & Littman, P.C., Andrew C. Littman, Boulder, for petitioner.

Cooper & Kelley, P.C., Paul D. Cooper, Kim B. Childs, Denver, for respondents.


KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the opinion of the Colorado Court of Appeals in Western Insurance Co. v. Brochner, 682 P.2d 1213 (Colo.App.1983), in which the Court of Appeals concluded that a joint tortfeasor whose negligence was the primary cause of a plaintiff's personal injuries was liable in indemnity to a second joint tortfeasor. The court also concluded that the primarily liable tortfeasor was obligated...

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