Swartz v. Sunderland

How courts have described this case

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

• permitting the original defendant to seek contribution from an additional defendant after the original defendant settled with the plaintiff, by securing a release of all claims against the original and additional defendants
• allowing contribution claims by settling tortfeasors against non-settling tortfeasors
• allowing contribution claims by settling tortfeasors against non-settling tortfeasors

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Cited by

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

• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2000-07-31· cited 1,230×
• Svetz for Svetz v. Land Tool Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-24· cited 52×
• Rocco v. Johns-Manville Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1985-01-25· cited 36×
• Mong v. Hershberger
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-12-12· cited 34×
• W. D. Rubright Co. v. International Harvester Co.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1973-05-10· cited 32×
• Slaughter v. Pennsylvania X-Ray Corp.
  Third Circuit· 1981-01-15· cited 26×
• Young v. STEINBERG
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1969-02-06· cited 22×
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. Philadelphia Electric Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1977-11-30· cited 22×
• Robertson v. McCarte
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-04-21· cited 19×
• Harger v. Caputo
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-03-22· cited 16×
• MIIX Insurance Co. v. Epstein
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-26· cited 16×
• Advanced Fluid Systems, Inc. v. Huber
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-03-05· cited 16×
• EQT Production Co. v. Terra Services, LLC
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-04-12· cited 13×
• Oviatt v. Automated Entrance System Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-12-19· cited 12×
• Castillo v. Roger Construction Co.
  Third Circuit· 1977-08-08· cited 12×
• Brescia v. Ireland Coffee-Tea, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1976-03-24· cited 10×
• 535 North Michigan Condominium Ass'n v. BJF Development, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-05-12· cited 9×
• Apple Am. Grp., LLC v. GBC Design, Inc.
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2018-02-15· cited 7×
• In re Reading Co.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1975-09-23· cited 7×
• Matthews v. Johns-Manville Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-29· cited 6×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• PULLER (Et Al.) v. Puller
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1955-01-03· cited 88×
• Brown v. Dickey
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-11-25· cited 75×

Other cases named Swartz v. Sunderland

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Swartz v. Sunderland
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-06-15· cited 2×