Carr v. Home Insurance

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• reversing trial court decision granting a potential indemnitee summary judgment on an equitable indemnification claim because there had been no determination that the potential indemnitor negligently caused the damages giving rise to the indemnification claim
• equitable indemnification is available to a party who is without personal fault and becomes legally liable for damages caused by the negligence of another
• “Equitable indemnification arises when a party without personal fault, is nevertheless legally liable for damages caused by the negligence of another.”
• “A prerequisite to recovery based on equitable indemnification is the initial determination that the negligence of another person caused the damage. Without that determination, neither the negligent actor nor the innocent party can be held liable for the damages claimed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• PULTE HOME CORPORATION v. Parex, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-04-17· cited 29×
• Willie v. Amerada Hess Corp.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-02-28· cited 13×
• Collier v. Land & Sea Restaurant Co.
  W.D. Virginia· 2013-09-18· cited 9×
• Canal Insurance v. Lebanon Insurance Agency, Inc.
  W.D. Virginia· 2007-08-24· cited 8×
• Williams Ex Rel. Estate of Williams v. United States
  E.D. Virginia· 2007-01-04· cited 7×
• Kelvin Manbodh Asbestos Litigation Series v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2006-03-03· cited 7×
• RML Corp. v. Lincoln Window Products, Inc.
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2004-12-03· cited 7×
• Coleman v. American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance
  N.D. Mississippi· 1996-06-11· cited 3×
• Woodson v. City of Richmond
  E.D. Virginia· 2014-01-17· cited 3×
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Titan America, L.L.C.
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 2004-11-02· cited 2×
• Allied Terminals, Inc. v. HMT, Inc.
  Chesapeake County Circuit Court· 2014-09-22· cited 2×
• Stone Ridge Condominium Unit Owners' Ass'n v. J. M. Turner & Co.
  Nelson County Circuit Court· 2003-07-14· cited 1×
• Rivanna Solid Waste Authority v. Van der Linde
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 2009-07-21· cited 1×
• Travelers Property Casualty Co. v. Premier Project Management Group, L.L.C.
  Hanover County Circuit Court· 2009-05-07
• Royal v. Campbell County
  Campbell County Circuit Court· 2008-09-17
• Harman v. Nininger
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 2011-08-18
• Supchak v. Fuller Construction Corp.
  Chesapeake County Circuit Court· 2013-07-12

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McLaughlin v. Siegel
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-06-11· cited 47×
• United Services Automobile Ass'n v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-03-03· cited 24×
• Maryland Casualty Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1950-09-06· cited 16×