Eastern Electrical Co. v. Taylor Woodrow Blitman Construction Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• Noting the general rule as cited in Balley v. Davis, 75 Idaho 73, 267 P.2d 631 (1954)
• judgment in favor of person having individual defense does not discharge the others from their obligations
• “limits should be placed upon application of the old rule (assuming that it should be applied at all) that at least a voluntary discharge or release of one joint obligor has the effect of releasing all joint obligers”
• no fiduciary responsibility where one party had control and protection of indemnification
• special control over project indicative of no joint venture
• existence of joint venture dictated by contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).