Carr v. Home Insurance

In this case we consider whether an uninsured motorist insurance carrier can assert a claim for equitable indemnification from the uninsured motorist based on the carrier’s payment of its insured’s damage claim.

On December 4, 1991, an automobile accident occurred between two vehicles, one driven by Tina Marie Carr and the other driven by an employee of Green Thumb Enterprises (Green Thumb). As a result of the accident, the Green Thumb vehicle was damaged and its driver and a passenger, also an employee of Green Thumb, were injured. Carr’s liability insurance carrier denied coverage. Green…