Commonwealth v. Steinbacher

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• indemnification allowed from third party for defense costs incurred because of negligent acts for which the claiming party was vicariously liable but in which he did not participate
• plaintiffs liability depended on “whether the chimney was unsafe and dangerous to travelers under such circumstances that the owner was responsible for the injury suffered”
• a party who was liable to plaintiff “by inference of law,” and not by reason of personal fault, may recover indemnification from party whose wrongful act thus exposed him to liability
• indemnification allowed where defendant had “by his own unauthorized act, exposed the plaintiff to a liability,” and the plaintiff had been “held liable by inference of law, and not by reason of his active participation in the act which was the occasion of the injury”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).