· 1/8/1988
Anthony J. Bosco v. Robert B. Serhant
Citations
- 836 F.2d 271
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- recognizing narrow approach, while proposing alternative explanation for the result reached in Cardoza and Sam Wong
- recognizing narrow approach, while proposing alternative explanation for the result reached in Cardoza and Sam Wong
- clarifying that the principle of one full recovery applies only to compensatory, not punitive, damages
- stating that the court proceeded under the Act as it stood before 1982
- “[O]nce the plaintiff has been fully compensated for his injuries by one or more of the tortfeasors, he may not thereafter recover any additional compensation from any of the remaining tortfea- sors.”
- “[O]nce the plaintiff has been fully compensated for his injuries by one or more of the tortfeasors, he may not thereafter recover any additional compensation from any of the remaining tortfeasors.”
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Judges: Wood, Posner, Grant
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