Coller v. Porter

How courts have described this case

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

• expressly recognizing that a duty to indemnify can arise \[w]here there is an express contract between the parties containing an explicit undertaking to reimburse for liability of the character involved\
• indemnity rights of one with only a derivative or vicarious liability
• “Contribution is the remedy securing the right of one who has discharged more than his fair share of a common liability or burden to recover from another who is also liable the proportionate share which the other should pay or bear.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).