Economy Engineering Co. v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• allowing party who is liable on theory of breach of warranty to obtain contribution from another whose negligence contributed to same injury
• stating in dicta that it was not a case where the fault of one joint tortfeasor is so slight as to grant it rights of indemnity against another joint tortfeasor
• “[in] rare cases ... the fault of one joint tortfeasor . . . [may be] so slight as to grant it rights of indemnity against another joint tortfeasor”
• “This is not one of those rare cases where the fault of one joint tortfeasor (the Commonwealth) is so slight as to grant it rights of indemnity against another joint tortfeasor”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hayes v. CRGE Foxborough, LLC
  D. Massachusetts· 2016-03-08· cited 7×
• Power v. Alexandria Physicians Group, Ltd.
  E.D. Virginia· 1995-05-18· cited 6×
• Medeiros v. Whitcraft
  D. Massachusetts· 1996-07-15· cited 5×
• Fraco Products, Ltd. v. Bostonian Masonry Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2013-09-26· cited 5×
• New England Precision Grinding, Inc. v. Simply Surgical, LLC
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2016-03-09· cited 3×
• Nawn ex rel. Nawn v. State Industries, Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1996-12-17· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Homart Development Co.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-02-26· cited 1×
• Smith v. Eriksson
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1994-12-13
• Cartagena v. Lotus Development Corp.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2002-06-03
• Commonwealth v. JEMS of New England, Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2002-07-25
• Brooks v. Bornstein
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2006-03-13
• Grandmaison ex rel. Grandmaison v. Fiesta Shows, Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2006-05-12
• American Insurance Co. v. Siena Construction Corp.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2007-09-28
• Resnick v. Wyman-Gordon Co.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2010-12-28
• Devaney v. Affiliated Insurance Managers, Inc.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2012-06-30

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mounsey v. Ellard
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-06-06· cited 335×
• Rae v. Air-Speed, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-05-10· cited 180×
• Correia v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-09· cited 135×
• Elias v. Unisys Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-06-25· cited 93×
• Carey v. New Yorker of Worcester, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1969-03-07· cited 72×
• Wolfe v. Ford Motor Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-05-03· cited 64×
• Rathbun v. Western Massachusetts Electric Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-07-10· cited 45×
• Hollywood Barbecue Co. v. Morse
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1943-06-30· cited 41×
• Zeller v. Cantu
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-06-05· cited 35×