Legal Opinion
Peiffer v. Allstate Insurance Co.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1971No. 109PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRobert W. Hansen, J.
Analysis of the impact of the partial settlement and release upon the rights and liabilities of the parties litigant begins with the BielsM Case, 1 where this court held that, in the establishment of contribution rights between joint tort-feasors, damages were to be ratably allocated in proportion to the percentage of causal negligence attributable to each joint tort-feasor. Before BielsM, the percentage of liability of each joint tort-feasor was as a matter of law equal in proportion to the number of joint tort-feasors. 2 A release of one of several joint tort-feasors satisfied a definite…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bielski v. SchulzeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1962
- Pierringer v. HogerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
- Standard Accident Insurance Co. v. RunquistWisconsin Supreme Court · 1932
- Zurn v. WhatleyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1933
- Smith v. Rural Mutual InsuranceWisconsin Supreme Court · 1963
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- Badger Pharmacal, Inc., D/B/A Wisconsin Pharmacal Company, Inc. v. Colgate-Palmolive Company and Softsoap Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Ettrick Wood Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Security Insurance Co. v. Tribunal SuperiorSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1973
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