Integrity Insuramce Co. v. Tom Martin Construction Co.

LOWENSTEIN, Presiding Judge.

The following overview of this case is first presented: an insurance company settled with an injured plaintiff, who had successfully sued its’ corporate insured along with several other tortfeasors who were dismissed; the insurance company attempted to take an assignment from its then dissolved corporate insured and filed this suit against other tortfeasors for indemnity and contribution. A key question in this case is the validity of the assignment from the dissolved corporation, which impacts on the insurance company’s status as the real party in interest.

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