Globe Indemnity Company v. Agway, Inc

OPINION OF THE COURT

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The question presented on this appeal is whether the district court erred in holding the plaintiff’s present action for indemnity barred by a prior judgment awarding this plaintiff contribution on a cross claim in a negligence action which had been brought under the Pennsylvania Wrongful Death and Survival Acts against the assignor of the present plaintiff by the administrator of a deceased employee of the predecessor in interest of the present defendant. No useful purpose will be served in detailing here the factual situation since it is fully…