Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance v. Riverside Marine Remanufacturing, Inc.

Steele Hays, Justice.

This appeal arises over the subrogation rights of an insurance company against a third party tort-feasor who was brought into an action between the insurance company and its insured. Farm Bureau insured a 1979 Cadillac belonging to Riverside Marine Remanufacturing Company, Inc., against loss by collision. The car was damaged in a collision with Ms. Rukmini Patel and when Riverside and Farm Bureau were unable to agree on the amount of the damage, Riverside sued Farm Bureau, which brought in Patel as a third party defendant, asking for judgment over against her for any…