But it declined to do the same thing in a companion case, holding that lawyers’ suits seeking indemnification of malpractice damages from co-counsel should be decided on a case-by-case basis.

The latter ruling prompted Justice Janice Rogers Brown — who authored both opinions — to issue an unusual concurrence to her own ruling, in which she said she would have preferred to adopt a blanket rule.

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