Central Motor v. EI duPONT deNEMOURS & COMPANY

How courts have described this case

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• holding indemnitee must show the indemnitee’s claims are based on a valid, pre-existing indemnitor/indemnitee relationship; the indemnitee faced potential liability for the claims underlying the settlement; and the settlement amount was reasonable
• observing \facts developed during trial should control\ whether an indemnitee may recover costs
• “Costs incurred by a retailer in defense of its own active negligence or independent warranties are not recoverable . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).