Opinion ID: 2356070
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: What About Indemnification?

Text: GWU maintains that if it is not a joint tortfeasor, then it must be entitled to indemnification. Although the right to indemnification surely is not as limited as the trial court supposed, see generally Caglioti v. District Hospital Partners, LP, 933 A.2d 800, 807-08 (D.C.2007); R. & G. Orthopedic Appliances & Prosthetics, Inc. v. Curtin, 596 A.2d 530, 544-45 (D.C.1991), indemnification, like contribution, is an equitable remedy (when it does not arise from contract), R. & G. Orthopedic Appliances, 596 A.2d at 545. The equities would not change if a different label were attached to GWU's present claim. The judgment of the Superior Court is hereby Affirmed.