Duncan v. Beres

Julius E. Beres, defendant and third-party plaintiff, appeals an accelerated judgment dismissing his third-party complaint. "We reverse and hold that a tavern owner sued under the dram-shop act 2 may properly implead and seek contribution from another tavern owner claimed to have made a sale unlawful under that act causally connected with the plaintiff’s injury.

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The Exception for Joint Tort-Feasors to the General Duty to Make Contribution

As an exception to the general principle that those who have a common liability should share it equally, and to that end one paying more than his aliquot…