Herter v. Ringland-Johnson-Crowley Co.

NEUMAN, Justice.

This appeal involves a dispute over equitable contribution between two parties bound by identical indemnification agreements with the same indemnitee.

Neither the facts nor the procedural history of the case are disputed. Plaintiff Richard Herter was injured at a construction site when he fell from an extension ladder owned by Ringland-Johnson-Crow-ley (RJC), the general contractor. Herter was an employee of Mid-Iowa Electric Company, the electrical subcontractor. The ladder had been moved and then negligently secured by employees of Waldinger Corporation. Waldinger was a…