Legal Opinion
Knight, David and Knight, Kathleen v. Tape, Inc. v. General Mills, Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 29, 1991No. 90-1577PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
BECKER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question of the constitutionality, under the due process and equal protection clauses of the Pennsylvania and United States Constitutions, of Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 238, 42 Pa. Cons.Stat.Ann. Rule 238 (Purdon Supp.1990). Rule 238 mandates the payment of delay damages by defendants to plaintiffs in tort cases under certain circumstances. The appeal also requires us to decide the appropriateness of apportionment of a delay damages award among joint tortfeasors when one of them is a third-party defendant who, under…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Laudenberger v. Port Auth. of AlleghenySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Busik v. LevineSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Lyng v. CastilloSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Delores Simmons, Administratrix of the Estate of Daniel La Friscoe Simmons v. The City of Philadelphia Police Officer A. Panati, Badge No. 2587Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1991
- Warden v. State Bar of CaliforniaCalifornia Supreme Court · 1999
- Ponzini v. PrimeCare Medical, Inc.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2017
- Steven B. Stern Michele Stern the Lorenzo Trust v. Francis X. Halligan, Jr. Jeffrey W. Flatt Berkeley Township Berkeley Township Municipal Utilities Authority v. Francis X. Halligan, Jr Berkeley Township, Third-Party v. Michael Peter Scillitani, Third-Party (Trenton D.C. Civil No. 95-Cv-03449). Steven B. Stern Michele Stern the Lorenzo Trust v. Francis X. Halligan, Jr Jeffrey W. Flatt Berkeley Township Berkeley Township Municipal Utilities Authority v. Francis X. Halligan, Jr., Berkeley Township, Third-Party v. Michael Peter Scillitani, Third-Party (Trenton D.C. Civil No. 95-3885). Steven B. Stern, Michele Stern, the Lorenzo TrustCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- Koorn v. Lacey TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2003
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