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MAMALIS v. ATLAS VAN LINES, INC.

522 Pa. 214 (1989)

560 A.2d 1380

Father James MAMALIS, Appellant, v. ATLAS VAN LINES, INC., and McClain Moving Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 28, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary L. Azorsky, Kenneth S. Siegel, for appellant.

Charles Jay Bogdanoff, Charles P. Menszak, Jr., Gary Keith Feldbaum, for Atlas Van Lines, Inc.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The issue of first impression presented in this appeal is whether an agent and its principal are joint tortfeasors under the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act (UCATA), Act of July 9, 1976, P.L. 586, No. 142, effective June 27, 1978, 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 8321 et seq. We hold that an agent and its principal are not joint tortfeasors under UCATA when the liability of the principal...

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