Tiffin Motorhomes, Inc. v. Superior Court

Opinion

CODRINGTON, Acting P. J.

INTRODUCTION

As our colleagues in Division Three of this court once remarked, “[i]t is hard to imagine another set of legal terms with more soporific effect than indemnity, subrogation, contribution, co-obligation and joint tortfeasorship. . . . Even lawyers find words like ‘indemnity’ and ‘subrogation’ ring of an obscure Martian dialect.” (Herrick Corp. v. Canadian Ins. Co. (1994) 29 Cal.App.4th 753, 756 [34 Cal.Rptr.2d 844] (Herrick).) Fortunately for us, this case does not involve subrogation, but it otherwise includes the above mentioned elements of…