247 Pa. Super. 366 - Hefferin v. Stempkowski’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 75 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 110 later decisions — most recently March 1997 · most notably Tsarnas v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. (1980), Bell v. Koppers Co., Inc. (1978)
3 federal appellate · 75 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 901
Relies on Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co. · American Mut. Liability Ins. v. Matthews · Socha v. Metz
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 110 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(b) In the event injury or death to an employe is caused by a third party, then such employe, his legal representative, husband or wife, parents, dependents, next of kin, and anyone otherwise entitled to receive damages by reason thereof, may bring their action at law against such third party, but the employer, his insurance carrier, their servants and agents, employes, representatives acting on their behalf or at their request shall not be liable to a third party for damages, contribution, or indemnity in any action at law, or otherwise, unless liability for such damages, contributions or indemnity shall be expressly provided for in a written contract entered into by the party alleged to be liable prior to the date of the occurrence which gave rise to the action.”
18 later decisions quote this exact passage“. . the intention of the amendments to Section 303 was to grant the employer total immunity from third-party actions. To accomplish this, the legislature adopted the language of Section 5 of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. § 901 et seq., where the employer is granted total immunity from third-party actions and is also subrogated to the full extent of its workmen’s compensation lien. This becomes a statutory right and it is not necessary for the employer to enter the action as an equitable plaintiff as is the case in some other jurisdictions. (Emphasis added) 372 A.2d at 871 .”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage““Does the employer have a right of subrogation against the third party, and if so, how is this to be determined? Since the employer can no longer be joined under the provisions of the Act, not only questions of procedure will arise, but also questions of collateral estoppel. Despite the shortcomings, I believe it is the intention of the Legislature to preclude the joining of the employer by an alleged third party tortfeasor. Hence, I concur in the result of the Majority Opinion.” Id. at 872.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.