Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Wilson

How courts have described this case

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

• “The distinguishing feature of indemnity is that it must necessarily grow out of a contractual relationship.”
• The principles with respect to contribution are “equally applicable to indemnity,” the only distinguishing feature being that “indemnity must necessarily grow out of a contractual relationship.”
• plaintiffs exclusive remedy against potential contributor was under Workmen’s Compensation Act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).