Legal Opinion
McNally & Nimergood v. Neumann-Kiewit Constructors, Inc.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided July 17, 2002No. 00-0550PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
The primary issue we confront in this case is whether a settlement by a lessor of a personal injury action by an employee of the lessee based solely on allegations of the lessor’s own negligence precludes recovery in a subsequent action by the lessor for contractual indemnification against the lessee. We conclude the settlement precludes indemnification under the facts of this case. We affirm the order by the district court granting summary judgment.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
The facts of this case date back to 1994 when Neumann-Kiewit Constructors, Inc. (Neumann), a…
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