Hanover Ltd. v. Cessna Aircraft Co.

OPINION

BILLINGS, Judge:

Trans West, a retail seller, appeals from a summary judgment which denied it indemnification for attorney fees, costs, and expenses from Cessna Aircraft Company, the manufacturer, and Cessna Finance Corporation, co-defendants in a product liability lawsuit based upon an allegedly defective airplane. Trans West seeks a reversal of the summary judgment arguing the trial court misapplied the law, or, alternatively, the trial court erred in not allowing Trans West the opportunity to establish that the airplane was defective and that Trans West was a passive tortfeasor. We…