Underwriters at Lloyds v. City of Lauderdale Lakes

How courts have described this case

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• suggesting that a separate action for equitable subrogation would be properly brought by a defendant in an automobile negligence case against a car dealership that negligently repaired the plaintiffs vehicle
• explaining that, in a subrogation action, the subrogee stands in the shoes of the subrogor and can be subrogated to no greater rights than those possessed by the subrogor
• holding initial tortfeasor could state a claim for equitable subrogation against the allegedly negligent medical provider on facts where the initial tortfeasor had previously “settl[ed] with the victim for all injuries flowing from the accident and her treatment thereof”
• holding initial tortfeasor could state a claim for equitable subrogation against the allegedly negligent medical provider on facts where the initial tortfeasor had previously “settl[ed] with the victim for all injuries flowing from the accident and her treatment thereof”
• holding initial tortfeasor could state a claim for equitable subrogation against the allegedly negligent medical provider on facts where the initial tortfeasor had previously “settl[ed] with the victim for all injuries flowing from the accident and her treatment thereof’
• “The initial tortfeasor is subject to the total financial burden of the victim’s injuries, including those directly attributable to a doctor’s malpractice.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).