Great West Casualty Company v. Canal Insurance Company

This diversity action was brought by one insurance company seeking equitable contribution from another insurance company, and it presents two issues. First, whether Kansas law recognizes equitable contribu tion claims independent of subrogation theory in the context of statutorily required minimum insurance coverage for liability to a third party; and second, whether the liability of a carrier with a statutorily invalid exclusion of liability to occupants is deemed to be limited to the same liability as the minimum coverage prescribed by Kansas statute. We hold that under Kansas law,…