BRITT-TECH v. AMERICAN MAGNETICS

No. 89-619.

463 N.W.2d 26 (1990)

BRITT-TECH CORPORATION, A Corporation, Appellant, v. AMERICAN MAGNETICS CORPORATION, A Corporation, and River City Development Co., Ltd., A Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry J. Cohrt of Swisher & Cohrt, Waterloo, for appellant.

Jeffrey A. Boehlert and Ronald M. Rankin of Patterson, Lorentzen, Duffield, Timmons, Irish, Becker & Ordway, Des Moines, for appellee American Magnetics Corp.

Cheryl L. Weber of Mosier, Thomas, Beatty, Dutton, Braun & Staack, Waterloo, for appellee River City Devel. Co.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, CARTER, and NEUMAN, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

Plaintiff manufacturer brought this action for both contribution and indemnity after settling a wrongful death action. Summary judgment was entered in favor of the defendants, one which supplied component parts to the manufacturer, and one a dealer which sold the item to the consumer. We vacate the decision of the court of appeals. We affirm the district court and remand.

The underlying wrongful death action was filed in August 1982 for the...

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