2A:53A-3 - Judgment against joint tortfeasor; contribution - New Jersey Statutes

2A:53A-3.  Judgment against joint tortfeasor;  contribution
    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.

     L.1952, c. 335, p. 1075, s. 3.