Continental Corp. v. Gowdy

How courts have described this case

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

• allowing non-party to insurance contract to enforce insurer’s explicit waiver of subrogation rights
• creditor’s waiver of directors’ liability protects only private rights and is enforceable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Peterson v. Hopson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-09-17· cited 242×
• Canal Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-01-09· cited 109×
• Beacon Hill Civic Ass'n v. Ristorante Toscano, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-03-25· cited 51×
• Quality Finance Co. v. Hurley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-03-06· cited 43×
• Register. Com, Inc. v. Verio, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2000-12-08· cited 37×
• Moseley v. Briggs Realty Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-10-03· cited 32×
• KACT, Inc. v. Rubin
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2004-12-21· cited 32×
• Henry F. Michell Co. v. Fitzgerald
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1967-11-30· cited 15×
• Standard Oil Co. of New York v. Back Bay Hotels Garage, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-01-05· cited 15×
• MacFarlane's Case
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1953-12-03· cited 11×
• Adair v. State of Michigan
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2002-07-30· cited 10×
• Standard Oil Co. v. Y-D Supplies Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-11-27· cited 10×
• Lyman v. Romboli
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1936-01-31· cited 10×
• Burke v. Marlboro Awning Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1953-06-05· cited 9×
• J.E. Pierce Apothecary, Inc. v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2005-03-31· cited 8×
• North American Consolidated, Inc. v. Kopka
  D. Massachusetts· 1986-09-12· cited 7×
• Commissioner of Corporations & Taxation v. Hale
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-02-29· cited 6×
• Friede v. Sprout
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1936-06-01· cited 5×
• Williams v. Vanaria
  Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div.· 2000-06-13· cited 3×
• Peck v. Horst
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1953-12-12· cited 2×

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Coombes v. Getz
  Supreme Court· 1932-04-11· cited 166×
• Calkins v. Wire Hardware Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-04-06· cited 70×
• West v. Platt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1879-09-04· cited 50×
• Clarke v. Ames
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-04-01· cited 46×
• Baker v. James
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1932-06-29· cited 34×
• New York Central Railroad Co. v. William Culkeen & Sons Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-05-21· cited 31×
• Radovsky v. Wexler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-11-25· cited 28×
• Desseau v. Holmes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1905-03-03· cited 26×
• Savage v. Shaw
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1907-05-16· cited 25×
• Nickerson v. Wheeler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1875-09-06· cited 23×
• Child v. Boston & Fairhaven Iron Works
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1884-09-05· cited 22×
• E. S. Parks Shellac Co. v. Harris
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1921-01-15· cited 22×
• Granlund v. Saraf
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-03-05· cited 21×
• Hastings v. Dickinson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1810-10-15· cited 20×
• Union Market National Bank v. Gardiner
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1931-09-10· cited 19×
• Old Colony Boot & Shoe Co. v. Parker-Sampson-Adams Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1903-06-18· cited 18×
• Hayes v. Goodwin
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1862-12-11· cited 17×
• Wall v. Metropolitan Stock Exchange
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1897-05-21· cited 15×
• Downer v. Union Land Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1911-02-10· cited 14×
• Chase's Patent Elevator Co. v. Boston Tow-Boat Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1890-10-25· cited 13×