Pirelli-Armstrong Tire Corp. v. Midwest-Werner & Pfleiderer, Inc.

CARTER, Justice.

In the district court, the plaintiff, PirelH-Armstrong Tire Corporation (PirelH), recovered indemnity from defendant, Midwest Werner & Pfleiderer, Inc. (Midwest), for seventy percent of the workers’ compensation benefits paid to the surviving beneficiaries of a Pirelli employee who was injured and later died from acts of Midwest in performing a contract on Pirelli’s premises. The district court’s award was based on its interpretation of a contract between the parties. Although that court found PirelH was entitled to indemnification, it reduced the amount claimed by the…