Mattia v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that a right of contribution “may be pursued in a separate action brought by a tortfeasor who has previously been held liable to the original plaintiff’
• noting that in a claim for contribution, the statute of limitations does not begin to run until the date of entry of judgment in favor of the original plaintiff
• Obligation of contribution exists • where, among other things, “the parties are each liable in tort to the plaintiff’
• “Two actors are jointly liable for an injury if their conduct causes a single harm which cannot be apportioned, even though the actors may have acted independently.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).