UMC, INC. v. Coonrod Elec. Co., Inc.

OPINION

GONZALEZ, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment in a personal injury suit denying claims for indemnity and contribution. After a jury trial, the trial court granted the injured party a money judgment against UMC based on strict liability and negligence and denied UMC’s claim for indemnity and contribution against appellees. Appellant appeals only that portion of the judgment that denied it indemnity and contribution. We affirm.

Facts

On January 27, 1980, Theodore Hernandez was working as a utility worker for Virginia Chemicals Company in a plant near Bishop, Texas. As Hernandez was…