Otis Elevator, Inc. v. HARDIN CONST. CO. GROUP

How courts have described this case

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• outlining the elements of when an innocent indemnitee may recover the costs of settling the underlying case
• applying collateral source rule to prevent defendant from “receiving] the benefit of an insurance contract for which [plaintiff] paid the premiums”
• applying collateral source rule to prevent defendant from “receiv[ing] the benefit of an insurance contract for which [plaintiff] paid the premiums”
• allowing indemnity and considering reasonableness of settlement where, “[i]n response to a special interrogatory, the jury found no act or omission of Otis Elevator caused Smith’s injuries.”
• following settlement party pursued contractual indemnification claim that was tried to a jury
• absent a showing of prejudice, an appellate court will not reverse for an alleged error in the exclusion of evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).