Vertecs Corp. v. Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Vertecs Corporation (Vertecs) appeals from a judgment of dismissal following a grant of summary judgment on Vertecs’ crossclaim against co-defendant Reichhold Chemicals, Inc. (Reichhold). The crossclaim sought contribution and indemnity from Reichhold for any liability that Vertecs owed to the plaintiffs in a multi-party action stemming from a fire in Yakutat in 1977 that destroyed a fish processing and cold storage plant. This case squarely presents the issue whether Alaska law should recognize a claim for non-contractual implied indemnity between concurrently…