Szendrey v. Hospicare, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that where the plaintiff has released a co-defendant from all liability, a court calculates the plaintiff’s recovery by subtracting the released co-defendant’s liability from the total amount of liability
• “This intention [to release the settling defendant from all liability] ... does not affect the cause of action asserted against the other codefendants ... insofar as it was so expressly agreed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Maldonado Rivera v. Suárez
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2016-03-28· cited 109×
• Córdova Dexter v. Sucesión Ferraiuoli y otros
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2011-08-05· cited 64×
• Blás Toledo v. Hospital Nuestra Señora de la Guadalupe
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2006-03-30· cited 44×
• Colón Negrón v. Municipio de Bayamón
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2015-03-10· cited 35×
• Vernet v. Serrano-Torres
  First Circuit· 2009-05-21· cited 27×
• Rio Mar Associates, LP, SE v. UHS of Puerto Rico, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2008-04-10· cited 22×
• TMTV, CORP. v. Mass Productions, Inc.
  First Circuit· 2011-06-13· cited 18×
• Carrasquillo-Serrano v. Municipality of Canovanas
  First Circuit· 2021-03-12· cited 14×
• Quílez-Velar v. Ox Bodies, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2017-08-31· cited 12×
• Gomez v. Rodriguez-Wilson
  First Circuit· 2016-04-08· cited 11×
• Ortiz v. Cybex Int'l, Inc.
  U.S. District Court· 2018-09-30· cited 7×
• Wojciechowicz v. United States
  D. Puerto Rico· 2007-02-20· cited 5×
• Sagardía de Jesús v. Hospital Auxilio Mutuo
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2009-11-12· cited 1×
• Fonseca v. Hospital Interamericano de Medicina Avanzada
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2012-01-05· cited 1×
• US Fire Insurance Company Y Otros v. AEE v. Universal Insurance Company Y Otros
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2008-09-24· cited 1×
• García Pérez v. Corporación de Servicios Especializados para la Mujer y la Familia, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2008-06-30
• US Fire Insurance v. Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2008-09-24
• Vázquez Riquelme v. de Jesús
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2010-12-14
• Rodríguez Ramos v. Hospital Dr. Susoni Inc.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 2012-10-09
• Jusino, Julio H v. Mfs Contractors, Corp.
  Tribunal De Apelaciones De Puerto Rico/Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico· 2024-03-13

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Camaleglo Corp. v. Dorado Wings, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1986-12-10· cited 108×
• García Molina v. Gobierno de la Capital y the Puerto Rican & American Insurance
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1951-02-07· cited 80×
• Merle v. West Bend Co.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1969-06-09· cited 80×
• Arroyo v. Hospital La Concepción
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1992-06-05· cited 61×
• Ramos Acosta v. Caparra Dairy, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1985-01-14· cited 58×
• General Accident Insurance Co. of Puerto Rico, Ltd. v. Ramos Díaz
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1999-06-14· cited 55×
• Security Insurance Co. v. Tribunal Superior
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1973-02-08· cited 48×
• P.R. Fuels, Inc. v. Empire Gas Co.
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1999-11-02· cited 25×
• Carr v. Nones
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1970-01-07· cited 11×
• Autoridad de Acueductos y Alcantarillados v. Builders Insurance
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1984-01-17· cited 9×
• Méndez López v. Torres Alberti
  Supreme Court of Puerto Rico· 1940-02-07· cited 3×