Shiflet v. Eller

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that issues related to a party’s remedial rights are determined by the law prevailing at the time a cause of action accrues
• holding Code § 8.01-35.1 affects the substantive rights of joint tortfeasors
• right to a cause of action for contribution from a joint tortfeasor is a vested right
• “‘[S]ubstantive’ rights . . . are included within those interests protected from retroactive application of statutes.”
• “Substantive rights . . . are included within that part of the law dealing with creation of duties, rights, and obligations, as opposed to procedural or remedial law, which prescribes methods of obtaining redress or enforcement of rights.”
• “Substantive rights . . . are included within that part of the law dealing with creation of duties, rights, and obligations, as opposed to procedural or remedial law, which prescribes methods of obtaining redress or enforcement of rights.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).