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CHARLES v. GIANT EAGLE MARKETS

513 Pa. 474 (1987)

522 A.2d 1

George CHARLES, Appellant, v. GIANT EAGLE MARKETS, Appellee, v. STANLEY MAGIC DOOR, INC., and Jed Doors, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 20, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Mansmann, Mansmann, Beggy & Campbell, Pittsburgh, Richard C. Angino, Neil J. Rovner, PA Trial Lawyers Ass'n, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Robert S. Garrett, Pittsburgh, for Stanley Magic Door, Inc., & JED Doors.

John Newborg, Pittsburgh, for Giant Eagle.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.*

The important issue of first impression raised in this appeal is whether, under the Comparative Negligence Act1 and the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act ("UCATA"),2 a non-settling tortfeasor is relieved of responsibility for payment of his proportionate share of damages to the extent that...

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