prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,867 Hydro-Air Equipment, Inc. v. Hyatt Corporation, a Delaware Corporation

CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Hydro-Air Equipment, Inc. appeals the Nevada district court’s summary judgment in favor of Hyatt Corporation. Hydro-Air sought a declaratory judgment from the district court, contending that it was entitled to indemnification from Hyatt for settlement costs it paid in the “Ampico action,” a lawsuit that followed the 1980 MGM Grand Hotel fire in Las Vegas. The district court held that Hydro-Air’s request for implied equitable indemnity could not be maintained as a matter of law because Hydro-Air did not stand in the relationship of joint tortfeasor with Hyatt. We reverse…