Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Trowbridge

Although appellant has raised four propositions of law, the basic issue is whether a tortfeasor responding in damages resulting from the negligent treatment by a physician of the original injury caused by the negligence of the tortfeasor has a right to indemnity from such physician for that portion of the damages due directly to the negligence of the physician.

Neither party herein contests the correctness or ap plicability of the holding in Tanner v. Espey (1934), 128 Ohio St. 82, that the negligence of a tortfeasor in causing the original injury is the proximate cause of damages flowing from…