What is the test for a joint contribution claim?
Alberta, Canada
The following excerpt is from Commonwealth Insurance Company v. Hammer, 1982 CanLII 1248 (AB QB):
The plaintiffs rely on the case of Strang v. Cheney, 1981 ABCA 143 (CanLII), [1981] 5 W.W.R. 86, 23 R.F.L. (2d) 47, 123 D.L.R. (3d) 735, 31 A.R. 399 (C.A.). It distinguishes between an action in tort and an action based on a statutory right of contribution between joint tortfeasors.
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