Vidrine v. Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Co.

The plaintiff Vidrine sued the defendant Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company for damages for injuries resulting from an automobile accident. Vidrine’s employer, Ashy Construction Company, intervened, claiming indemnification for the workmen’s compensation benefits it had paid to Vidrine, and the defendant reconvened against the intervenor for contribution. The plaintiff employee Vidrine withdrew his suit, and the defendant’s counterclaim against the intervenor for contribution fell.1 Only the intervention of the employer for indemnification remains.

The defendant pleaded the…