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UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS v. AMERICAN FAMILY

No. 97-872.

587 N.W.2d 224 (1998)

UNIVERSAL UNDERWRITERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. AMERICAN FAMILY INSURANCE GROUP, American Family (Mutual) Insurance Company, American Standard Insurance Company of Wisconsin and Delmar E. Carr, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jeffrey Lewis and S.P. DeVolder of Lewis, Webster, Johnson, Van Winkle & DeVolder, Des Moines, for appellant.

Anne M. Henry, Bettendorf, for appellees.

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

LARSON, Justice.

The plaintiff, Universal Underwriters Insurance Company, sued American Family Insurance Company for indemnity or contribution for claims arising out of an automobile accident. The district court denied indemnity but ordered a fifty percent contribution by American Family to Universal's settlement with the third-party claimant. Universal appealed, claiming it is entitled to full indemnity or, in the alternative, a greater percentage of contribution...

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