PILOSKY v. DOUGHERTY

No. 22468.

179 F.Supp. 148 (1959)

Louis PILOSKY and Catherine Pilosky, his wife, v. William DOUGHERTY, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff (Alfred W. Hellie, Third-Party Defendant).

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

November 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Ribner, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Howard R. Detweiler, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant and third-party plaintiff, William Dougherty.

Max E. Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for third-party defendant, Alfred W. Hellie.


WOOD, District Judge.

This motion questions the effect of a covenant not to sue given by the plaintiffs to the third-party defendant. The third-party defendant contends that the covenant not to sue entitles him to summary judgment.

The pertinent facts are as follows: The wife-plaintiff was injured while a passenger in a car driven by defendant Dougherty when it collided with another car driven by the third-party defendant Hellie. Dougherty executed two releases...

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