Diamond Lands Corp. v. Dia Holdings Overseas

How courts have described this case

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

• “the party seeking common law indemnity must demonstrate that there was no active fault on his own part”
• “[C]ontribution and indemnification are distinct causes of action and should be analyzed separately.”
• “The common law right of indemnity ensures to a person who, without active fault on his own part, has been compelled, by reason of some legal obligation, to pay damages occasioned by the initial negligence of another, and for which he himself is only secondarily liable.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).