BETHEL v. CRITES

Civ. A. 81-1137.

596 F.Supp. 1037 (1984)

John M. BETHEL and United Dairy, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. Bryan CRITES: Agate Elevator Agricultural Co-Operative; Donald Carpenter: and Glenn Gullett Trucking Company, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

November 5, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Bagley, Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

James David Elder, Kenneth S. Robb, Richard L. Rosenzweig, Thomas M. Mulroy, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ZIEGLER, District Judge.

Pending before the court is the motion of plaintiffs "to set aside joint tortfeasors releases to Donald Carpenter and Bryan Crites." Plaintiffs contend that the releases, dated January 29, 1983, should be set aside due to fraud and mutual mistake. Since the record is devoid of evidence of fraud or mutual mistake, the motion will be denied.

This case is a vivid example of the pitfalls of joint tortfeasors...

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