Wang (Health Body World Supply, Inc. v.)

Summary

The court held that a physician who was a defendant in a hybrid action involving product liability and medical malpractice was a “party” subject to comparative responsibility under the product-liability statute, even though he was not a product seller and had withdrawn his third-party product-liability complaint. The court also held that the one-year period for an independent contribution action begins when all appellate proceedings concerning the underlying judgment have ended, making the plaintiffs’ action timely. The court therefore affirmed the judgment requiring the physician to contribute his allocated share of the damages.