Biddle v. Sartori Memorial Hospital

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• holding that vicariously liable employer and its employee were properly “treated as a single party” (quoting Iowa Code § 668.3(2)(b))
• recognizing the “well settled rule that a principal found vicariously liable for the negligent acts of an agent retains a right of full indemnity against the actual tortfeasor”
• recognizing the “well settled rule that a principal found vicariously hable for the negligent acts of an agent retains a right of full indemnity against the actual tortfeasor”
• holding release of tortfeasor physician served to extinguish any further claim against hospital for its vicarious liability since the release satisfied the fault attributable to the tortfeasor and, vicariously, to the hospital
• holding settlement with doctor extinguished further claims against defendant hospital based on vicarious-liability theory
• distinguishing between the “full recovery” permitted by joint and several liability and the “limitations inherent” in vicarious liability

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