Where injury or damage is suffered by any person as a result of the wrongful act, neglect or default of joint tortfeasors, and the person so suffering injury or damage recovers a money judgment or judgments for such injury or damage against one or more of the joint tortfeasors, either in one action or in separate actions, and any one of the joint tortfeasors pays such judgment in whole or in part, he shall be entitled to recover contribution from the other joint tortfeasor or joint tortfeasors for the excess so paid over his pro rata share; but no person shall be entitled to recover contribution under this act from any person entitled to be indemnified by him in respect to the liability for which the contribution is sought.
N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:53A-3
Judgment against joint tortfeasor; contribution
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Holmes v. Kimco Realty Corp. (2010)
Most recently applied in 769 F. Supp. 2d 322 - Perkins Eastman Architects, P.C. v. Thor Engineers, P.A. (January 2011)
L.1952, c. 335, p. 1075, s. 3.
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