DeWeese v. Weaver’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

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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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Recovery against joint defendant; contribution.— (1) Where recovery is allowed against more than one person, including actions for strict liability, and where liability is attributed to more than one defendant, each defendant shall be liable for that proportion of the total dollar, amount awarded as damages in the ratio of die amount of that defendant's liability to the amount of liability attributed to all defendants arid other persons to whom liability is apportioned under subsection (a,2). ■ (2) Except as set forth in paragraph (3), a defendant's liability shall be several and not joint, and the court shall enter a separate and several judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against each defendant for the apportioned amount of that defendant’s liability. (3) A defendant’s liability in any of the following actions shall be joint and several, and the court shall enter a joint and several judgment in favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant for the total dollár amount awarded as damages: (i) Intentional misrepresentation, (ii) An intentional tort, (iii) Where the defendant has been held liable for not less than 60% of the total liability apportioned to all parties. (iv) A release or threatened release of a hazardous substance under section 702 of the act of October 18, 1988 (P.L, 756, No. 108), known as the Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act. (v) A civil action in which a defendant has violated section 497 of the act of April 12, 1951 (P.L. 90, .No. 21), known as the Liquor C”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scampone, R. v. Grane Healthcare Co.