Van Cleave v. Gamboni Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a vicariously liable employer is a “tort-feasor” under the Act and that the provisions of the Act governing release agreements apply
• indicating that all jurisdictions but one have held that the release provision of the Uniform Act applies to vicarious liability situations
• “As to any subsequent action by the employer against the employee, ‘[a] primary wrongdoer enters [settlement] agreements at the peril of being later held to respond again in an indemnification action brought against him by the vicarious wrongdoer.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).