United States Eighth Circuit

Absent a contractual provision allowing for indemnification, a retailer's claim against a manufacturer for indemnification in a products liability case is a claim for non-contractual indemnity under Missouri law, and statutorily barred by the manufacturer's settlement with the plaintiffs in the products liability suit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/13/2001
• Published 03/13/2001

Judges

• KYLE, District Judge., Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges, and KYLE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Scott A. Hunter, argued, St. Louis, MO (David R. Buchanan on the brief), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Ann McPherson, argued, Kansas City, MO (John F. Murphy, on the brief), for appellee.