Valloric v. Dravo Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• indemnitee “must demonstrate that he was exposed to liability which could reasonably be expected to lead to an adverse judgment”
• “[E]quitable considerations require that the third-party defendant have a reasonable opportunity to show that the third-party plaintiff was not liable to the original plaintiff but paid the claim as a volunteer.”
• same requirements in the case of express indemnity following settlement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Uniroyal, Inc. v. Home Insurance
  E.D. New York· 1988-12-19· cited 133×
• Ratti v. Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-18· cited 120×
• Perrine v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-03-26· cited 72×
• MT BUILDERS, LLC v. Fisher Roofing Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2008-11-13· cited 46×
• Chevron Oronite Company, LLC v. Jacobs Field Svcs
  Fifth Circuit· 2020-02-18· cited 33×
• City Nat. Bank of Charleston v. Wells
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-08-02· cited 28×
• Vankirk v. Green Construction Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-12-08· cited 19×
• Perrine v. EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-06-02· cited 17×
• Wildcat Drilling, L.L.C. v. Discovery Oil & Gas, L.L.C. (Slip Opinion)
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2020-12-22· cited 16×
• Dalton v. Childress Service Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1993-06-11· cited 12×
• King County v. Puget Sound Power & Light Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-05-24· cited 12×
• Avis Rent A Car Sys. v. McDavid
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2023-02-10· cited 11×
• State Ex Rel. Evans v. Robinson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-07-08· cited 7×
• In Re Cooper Mfg. Corp.
  N.D. Oklahoma· 2001-02-07· cited 6×
• Harris v. Allstate Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2000-10-27· cited 4×
• Johnson Realty v. Bender
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2001-09-27· cited 3×
• Barton v. Home Indemnity Co.
  N.D. Oklahoma· 2001-02-07· cited 1×
• Noble Energy, Inc. v. Prospective Investment & Trading Co.
  W.D. Louisiana· 2011-09-16
• Antero Resources Corporation v. L&D Investments, Inc.Richard Snowden Andrews, Jr.Marion A. Young TrustCharles A. Young, David L. Young,and Lavinia Young Davis,successors of Marion A. Young Charles Lee Andrews, IV Elisa S. AndrewsFrances L. Andrews and Mike Ross, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2022-04-26
• Meritor Savings, F.A. v. Duke
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1993-06-15

Cites

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

• Suvada v. White Motor Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1965-05-20· cited 671×
• Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-07-10· cited 279×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Pitrolo
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-03-13· cited 214×
• Fontenot v. Mesa Petroleum Co.
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-06-13· cited 178×
• Sanders v. Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1968-02-27· cited 116×
• Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. v. Commercial Standard Insurance Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1972-11-15· cited 116×
• Parfait v. Jahncke Service, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1973-08-31· cited 106×
• Bond v. City of Huntington
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-03-31· cited 72×
• Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. v. Dobry Flour Mills, Inc
  Tenth Circuit· 1954-05-12· cited 69×
• Moses-Ecco Company, Inc. v. Roscoe-Ajax Corporation, Roscoe-Ajax Corporation v. Charles Detwiler
  D.C. Circuit· 1963-07-09· cited 65×
• Sydenstricker v. Unipunch Products, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-09· cited 61×
• Jennings v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1967-03-02· cited 57×
• Tankrederiet Gefion A/S v. Hyman-Michaels Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 1969-02-10· cited 55×
• Hill v. Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-05-06· cited 52×
• Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Interstate Oil Transport Co.
  Second Circuit· 1986-02-14· cited 45×
• Farmington Plumbing & Heating Co. v. Fischer Sand & Aggregate, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-03-30· cited 45×
• St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. v. Crosetti Bros.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1970-10-07· cited 44×
• Jennings v. Ralston Purina Company
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1967-06-30· cited 44×
• Ford v. Clark Equipment Co.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1978-11-28· cited 44×
• Burlington Northern, Inc. v. Hughes Bros., Inc., a Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1982-02-16· cited 42×