Peters v. Butler

How courts have described this case

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

• pointing out that the release of all other persons was a “release to all mankind” and referring to “various cases holding that a release of ‘all other persons’ did release a joint tortfeasor”
• \a general release to all mankind bar[s] further suits against other entities involved in the occurrence which produced the settlement\
• “a general release to all mankind bar[s] further suits against other entities involved in the occurrence which produced the settlement”
• A party seeking to invalidate a release “must go beyond offering a preponderance of proof and meet the stringent requirement of producing evidence that is clear, precise and convincing to the point of reasonable indubitability.”
• release clause worded to release defendant and “all other persons, firms or corporations liable or who might be claimed to be liable on account of all injuries, known and unknown which have resulted or may in the future develop from the accident”
• language in release clause referenced defendant and “all other persons, firms or corporations liable or who might be claimed to be liable on account of all injuries, known and unknown which have resulted or may in the future develop from the accident”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

32 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Alsup v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1984-03-30· cited 84×
• Bernstein v. Kapneck
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-06-10· cited 77×
• Federal Savings & Loan Insurance v. Reeves
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-04-09· cited 57×
• Sims v. Honda Motor Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-04-20· cited 53×
• Creamer v. Helferstay
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1982-08-04· cited 49×
• Morgan v. Cohen
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-04-07· cited 46×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1987-04-09· cited 40×
• Whitt v. Hutchison
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1975-07-02· cited 37×
• Ralkey v. Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1985-06-06· cited 34×
• Bjork v. Chrysler Corp.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1985-06-27· cited 33×
• Evans v. Tillett Bros. Const. Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1976-07-28· cited 33×
• McInnis v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co., Inc.
  D. Rhode Island· 1986-01-14· cited 32×
• Roy Travis Douglas, of the Estate of Ada Clayborn, Deceased v. United States Tobacco Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1982-02-10· cited 31×
• James S. Morison v. General Motors Corporation, a Delaware Corp.
  Fifth Circuit· 1970-06-11· cited 29×
• Sellon v. General Motors Corp.
  D. Delaware· 1981-09-09· cited 26×
• Brethren Mutual Insurance v. Buckley
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2014-03-04· cited 24×
• Jacobs v. Venali, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2009-01-29· cited 21×
• Stefan v. Chrysler Corp.
  D. Maryland· 1979-04-24· cited 19×
• Johnson v. City of Las Cruces
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1974-04-10· cited 15×
• McLain v. Pernell
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-11-11· cited 13×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Oxford Commercial Corp. v. Landau
  New York Court of Appeals· 1963-04-04· cited 48×
• Pemrock, Inc. v. Essco Co.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-03-04· cited 36×
• Nicola Panichella v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc., Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1959-07-14· cited 32×
• Hodges v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1952-10-08· cited 21×
• Thomas v. Erie Insurance Exchange
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1962-07-10· cited 18×
• Canillas v. Joseph H. Carter, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1968-02-06· cited 14×
• GINGELL, T/A ROCKVILLE CRANE RENTAL COMPANY v. Backus
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1967-03-21· cited 11×
• Gue v. Mitchell
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1965-11-16· cited 3×