Renuzit Home Products Co. v. General Mills, Inc.

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

The plaintiff, having paid a judgment obtained by a person injured by its negligence, brings this action to recover full indemnity from the defendant, a contributing tortfeasor. The defendant moves for summary judgment upon the *716entire record in the first case and the complaint in this one.

The plaintiff manufactured and sold a cleaning fluid which was inherently dangerous in that it gave off vapors which could be ignited by a spark. The defendant manufactured and sold an electric iron with a thermal contact switch, which when used in the presence of inflammable vapors…