Opinion ID: 371033
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Heading: Contribution from Compensation Insurer

Text: 21 In brief defendants argue that under the Equitable Credit or Murray Credit doctrine they are entitled to contribution from plaintiff's employer Sladco for its negligence in causing McCormack's injuries. Defendants claimed the district court erred in refusing to submit the issue of Sladco's negligence to the jury. At oral argument, however, it was conceded that under the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. §§ 905, Et seq., the Supreme Court's decision in Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, --- U.S. ----, ----, 99 S.Ct. 2753, 61 L.Ed.2d 521 (1979), bars such contribution. Nevertheless, Noble contends that because Employers, Sladco's compensation insurer, intervened and prosecuted plaintiff's case, the company waived any immunity it may have enjoyed. The argument has no merit.