Nernberg & Laffey v. Patterson

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that an appellate court is required to evaluate all evidence of record
• “Since a substituted contract is accepted as satisfaction of a pre-existing duty, [it] thus bar[s] the revival of the pre-existing duty following a breach of the [substituted] contract….” (citation and quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Kaplan v. First Options of Chicago, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1995-11-06· cited 37×
• First Lehigh Bank v. Haviland Grille, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-21· cited 27×
• In Re Rosenberg
  S.D. Florida· 2009-08-21· cited 23×
• GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. v. Pinnacle Mortgage Investment Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1995-07-13· cited 11×
• DVI Receivables XIV, LLC v. National Medical Imaging, LLC
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-03-24· cited 7×
• GE Capital Mortgage Services, Inc. v. Pinnacle Mortgage Investment Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1995-05-09· cited 1×
• Small v. Temple University Hospital
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 2008-11-10
• Nestor v. PennDOT
  Washington County Court of Common Pleas· 1993-09-24
• In Re: W.K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-16

Cites

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

• Mitzelfelt v. Kamrin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-27· cited 170×
• Atkins v. Urban Redevelopment Authority
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-30· cited 129×
• Stewart v. Chernicky
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-05-27· cited 108×
• Kearns v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-12· cited 55×
• Lira v. Albert Einstein Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-25· cited 55×
• Dorn v. Stanhope Steel, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-11-04· cited 51×
• Maravich v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-01-24· cited 49×
• Niles v. Fall Creek Hunting Club, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-07-15· cited 48×
• Buttonwood Farms, Inc. v. Carson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-29· cited 46×
• Vernon v. Stash
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-05· cited 46×
• Law v. MacKie
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-03-23· cited 32×
• Northwest Savings Ass'n v. Distler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-04· cited 29×
• Hydro-Flex, Inc. v. Alter Bolt Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-16· cited 29×
• Lazzarotti v. Juliano
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-25· cited 27×
• Nowicki Construction Co. v. Panar Corp., N.V.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-26· cited 23×
• Fleck v. Durawood Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-17· cited 20×
• Brunswick Corp. v. LEVIN
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-04-22· cited 19×
• Zager v. GUBERNICK
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-03-18· cited 19×
• Hayden v. Coddington
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-07-19· cited 14×
• Hagerty Oil Co. v. Chester County Security Fund, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 10×