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HATFIELD v. CONTINENTAL IMPORTS, INC.

530 Pa. 551 (1992)

610 A.2d 446

Agnes HATFIELD and Herbert Hatfield, Her Husband, Appellees, v. CONTINENTAL IMPORTS, INC. and Marvin Gross and Leonard Gross, Individually and Trading as Warehouse Imports, Appellees. Appeal of TALIN INDUSTRIA ARREDAMENTI, S.P.A.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Quaglia, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Bruce W. McCullough, Philadelphia, for appellees Cont. Imports, Inc., et al.

James L. Womer, Havertown, for appellees Agnes Hatfield, et ux.

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

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

In this case we are called upon to determine the admissibility into evidence of a so-called "Mary Carter agreement."1 The underlying facts and procedural history are as follows.

On April 15, 1978, appellee Agnes Hatfield sustained injuries when the chair upon which she was sitting collapsed. On February 6, 1980, Mrs. Hatfield and her husband, Herbert, initiated an action, sounding in negligence...

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