Pacific Indemnity Co. v. Federated American Insurance

(dissenting) — The proportionate pecuniary responsibility of the two insurance companies has been fixed upon the basis of the number of joint tort-feasors each company was legally required to shield. I do not believe that this is a correct method of computing the contribution which each company is to make to the losses sustained in the automobile accident.

Generally, joint tort-feasors are each fully liable and there is no right of contribution or indemnity. Duncan v. Judge, 43 Wn.2d 836, 264 P.2d 865 (1953); Mauk Seattle Lumber Co. v. Hoquiam Plywood Co., 5 Wn. App. 577, 489 P.2d 753 (1971).…