Collier v. Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc.

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• holding that “issues of reduction and contribution based on settlements entered into by plaintiffs are governed by the Act and that only releases given to joint tortfeasors will give rise to rights of reduction and contribution”
• noting that where an agreement provides that the “releasee is to be regarded as a joint tortfeasor, even though he may disclaim liability ... the releasee’s status as a joint tortfeasor is contractually determined”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).