WEST AMERICAN INS. CO. v. BEST PRODUCTS CO., INC.

No. 87-2674.

541 So.2d 1302 (1989)

WEST AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, As Subrogee of Luann Nixon and Mary Lou Powell, Appellant, v. BEST PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC., and Sanyei Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd., Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Daniels of Daniels & Hicks, P.A., Miami, and Ricci & Roberts, P.A., West Palm Beach, for appellant.

J. Terence McManus of Ingalsbe McManus Wiitala & Contole, North Palm Beach, for appellee-Best Products Co., Inc.

Joseph H. Lowe of Marlowe, Shofi, Connell, Valerious, Abrams, Lowe & Adler, Miami, for appellee-Sanyei Corp. (Taiwan) Ltd.


STONE, Judge.

The issue on appeal is whether the appellant-insurance company's right to seek contribution from the defendants, alleged to be joint tortfeasors with West American's insureds, is time barred.

In May, 1985, an injured party recovered a judgment against the insureds, Powell and Nixon. The appellees, Best and Sanyei, were not parties to that suit. That case terminated, following dismissal of an appeal, in March of 1986. The judgment was then satisfied...

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