Legal Opinion
Blue Bird Body Co. v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 8, 1978No. 76-4332PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Two insurance companies split the settlement cost of two personal injury law suits against the Blue Bird Body Company and a Blue Bird employee. Not content with this perfectly reasonable arrangement, the insurers have staged for our viewing this diversity slugfest lh which each seeks to recover back its half of the amount paid in settlement by casting the other in the role of either the sole or the primary insurer. The District Court shifted all of the liability onto one of the insurers. We find both to be primary insurers and reverse, returning the parties to the…
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- Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc. v. Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. Of WisconsinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
- Johnson v. Central National Ins. Co. of Omaha, Neb.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1962
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