I don't know the proper terminology, but I think there's a similar legal concept of: "I'm suing you for the damages, if it was someone you contracted with who is really at-fault,
you can sue
them in turn. The indirect cause is not-my-problem, and I might not even be
able to go around you even if I wanted to."
Sometimes this manifests in odd ways, like lawsuits between loving family members in order to activate some sort of insurance-claim.