Supreme Court of New Jersey

Pennsylvania Greyhound Lines, Inc., a Corporation of New Jersey, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Irving Rosenthal…

January 11, 195414 N.J. 372

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed the judgment, holding that the Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Law of 1952 applies to the present contribution action despite its retroactive effect, that the supersedeas bond is not a payment within the statute, that the marriage between the injured plaintiff and the defendant does not bar contribution, and that the statute does not violate vested‑right protections under the State Constitution or the Fourteenth Amendment.