Elias v. Unisys Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that indemnification permits someone like [defendant employer], who is blameless, to be reimbursed for damages caused by the wrongful act of its employee
• holding that a general release of the agent- driver precludes a claim against the principal-owner
• holding that “system of contribution among joint tortfeasors” meets problem of “ ‘how to compensate an injury inflicted by the acts of more than one tortfeasor’ ” (citation omitted)
• explaining how, under Massachusetts law, vicarious liability \arises simply by the operation of law and is only derivative of the wrongful act of the agent\
• holding contribution and indemnity are mutually exclusive
• \The liability of the principal arises simply by the operation of law and is only derivative of the wrongful act of the agent\

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