Gomeau v. Forrest

How courts have described this case

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

• “The common law of this state, unlike that of a number of other jurisdictions, does not permit contribution between joint tortfeasors.”
• radical departure from established statutory scheme must be expressed in unequivocal language and may not be implied
• “The common law of this state . . . does not permit contribution between joint tortfeasors.”
• barring assumption of risk claims “couched in negligence language”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).