310 Pa. Super. 465 - Hall v. Goodman Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 27 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently May 2011 · most notably Murray v. Commercial Union Insurance (1986), 409 Pa. Super. 132 - Eckell v. Wilson (1991)
2 federal appellate · 27 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
Relies on Linda Coal & Supply Co. v. Tasa Coal Co. · 250 Pa. Super. 262 - Barto v. Felix · 291 Pa. Super. 145 - Bickell v. Stein · 241 Pa. Super. 287 - Satchell v. Insurance Placement Facility · 280 Pa. Super. 486 - Donnelly v. DeBourke
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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(a) The liability of an employer under this act shall be exclusive and in place of any and all other liability to such employes, his legal representative, husband or wife, parents, dependents, next of kin or anyone otherwise entitled to damages in any action at law or otherwise on account of any injury or death____ (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.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““In the casé involving Goodman, Sears raised its contention that it could not be joined as an express indemnitor by way of a preliminary objection in the nature of a demurrer. Sears alleged in its demurrer that it could not be joined as a matter of law since there was no written indemnity agreement between it and Goodman. , “In its Complaint to join Sears, Goodman relied solely on the lease between Sears and Granite and the indemnity clause found therein. Although Goodman admitted that the contract was between Sears and Granite, Goodman contended that, as the ‘beneficial owner’ of the Mall, it was a third party beneficiary of the contract and therefore had a right to enforce the indemnity clause against Sears. This argument is without merit. “Under §303 of the Workmen’s Compensation Act it is clear that an employer may not be liable to a third party for indemnity unless such liability is expressly provided for in a written contract. It is undisputed that no writing exists which expressly provides for Sears’ indemnity of Goodman.” (Emphasis in original.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.