Case Name: Seymour BERMAN, Ralph Cohen and Hattie Robinson, Plaintiffs, v. Stanley PLOTKIN, Defendant and Third-party Plaintiff, Appellant (Ralph COHEN, Third-party Defendant, Appellee)
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1959-11-12
Citations: 271 F.2d 416
Docket Number: No. 12938
Parties: Seymour BERMAN, Ralph Cohen and Hattie Robinson, Plaintiffs, v. Stanley PLOTKIN, Defendant and Third-party Plaintiff, Appellant (Ralph COHEN, Third-party Defendant, Appellee).
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 271
Pages: 416–416

Head Matter:
Seymour BERMAN, Ralph Cohen and Hattie Robinson, Plaintiffs, v. Stanley PLOTKIN, Defendant and Third-party Plaintiff, Appellant (Ralph COHEN, Third-party Defendant, Appellee).
No. 12938.
United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.
Argued Nov. 6, 1959.
Decided Nov. 12, 1959.
James M. Marsh, Philadelphia, Pa. (Edward C. German, Philadelphia, Pa., LaBrum & Doak, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.
Henry T. Reath, Philadelphia, Pa. (Edmund V. Ludwig, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, Pa., for Ralph Cohen, on the brief), third-party defendant, appellee.
Before MeLAUGHLIN, KALODNER and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We agree with Judge Clary, 172 F. Supp. 214, in the district court that by the terms of the general release executed by the defendant and third-party plaintiff (no question of fraud, accident or mistake involved) to the third-party defendant, he effectively relinquished his right to claim contribution from the third-party defendant for injuries sustained by third-parties in the same accident. Killian v. Catanese, 1954, 375 Pa. 593, 101 A.2d 379.
Affirmed.