Legal Opinion
Coates v. Potomac Electric Power Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 17, 1951No. Civ. A. No. 1099-49PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEECH, District Judge.
This case is before the court on a motion to dismiss the amended third-party complaint, filed by Potomac Electric Power Company against Washington Gas Light Company after this court’s opinion dismissing the original third-party complaint.1
The suggestion was made in the prior opinion that had Potomac Electric in its third-party complaint claimed, as secondary wrongdoer, indemnity from the Gas Company on the theory that the latter was the active wrongdoer and primarily liable for the injury sustained by the plaintiff,2 then the third-party complaint would have been for…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Washington Gas Light Co. v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Hitaffer v. Argonne Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1950
- Westchester Lighting Co. v. Westchester County Small Estates Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Slattery v. Marra Bros., Inc. Marra Bros., Inc. v. Wm. Spencer & Son CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1951
- Fulton County Gas & Electric Co. v. Hudson River Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1911
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Lunderberg v. BiermanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- East Penn Manufacturing Co. v. PinedaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1990
- Myco, Inc. v. Super Concrete Co., Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1989
- Cokas v. PerkinsDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1966
- Nordstrom v. District of ColumbiaDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1963
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