El Paso Natural Gas Co. v. Berryman

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• holding that because the full settlement amount had been paid to the plaintiff by one defendant, the one satisfaction rule extinguished plaintiff’s claims against second defendant
• holding that one satisfaction rule does not allow plaintiff to recover from derivatively liable principal or alter ego when plaintiff has already received full settlement on his claim
• holding that one satisfaction rule does not allow plaintiff to recover from derivatively liable principal or alter ego when plaintiff has already received full settlement on his claim
• “Because we find Berryman’s claims barred by the one satisfaction rule and collateral estoppel, we reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and affirm the [summary] judgment of the trial court.”

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