Berube v. City of Northampton

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the right to contribution arises only where the third-party defendant is or was once liable to plaintiff, rather than merely at fault
• noting that the right to contribution arises only where the third-party defendant is or was once liable to the plaintiff, rather than merely at fault
• “Contribution claims are derivative and not new causes of action. Without liability in tort there is no right of contribution”
• “Contribution claims are derivative and not new causes of action. Without liability in tort there is no right of contribution.”
• constructive notice of claim not sufficient where “actual presentment to the designated executive officer is required”
• “Contribution claims are derivative and not new causes of action. Without liability in tort there is no right of contribution”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).