Threeway Constructors, Inc. v. Aten

OPINION

OSBORN, Justice.

This case raises the question as to whether or not the trial judge erred in denying defendants’ Motion for Leave to File a Third Party Petition so as to permit the original defendants the opportunity to seek contribution and indemnity from a doctor who treated the plaintiff. Finding no error, we affirm.

Mike Aten, while riding as a passenger in a Britt Construction Company vehicle, sustained serious personal injuries when the vehicle was involved in a head-on collision with a Threeway Constructors, Inc. vehicle being driven by Jimmy Darrell Smith. Suit was filed by Mike…