Court Opinion

ID: 9713583
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:18:07.746011+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:19.404628
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Clinton, J.,
dissenting.
I dissent. The opinion extends the subrogation doctrine beyond its purposes. An unresolved tort liability is not a debt. The existence of a debt is basic to the right of subrogation. The right of con*168tribution can ordinarily be enforced and legally determined by third-party procedure. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-331 (Reissue 1979); Royal Ind. Co. v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 193 Neb. 752, 229 N.W.2d 183 (1975). Although joinder may not be possible in all cases, I would not extend subrogation simply to meet the requirements of those special instances.