Johnson v. United Airlines

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that “the Contribution Act seeks to promote two important public policies — the encouragement of settlements and the equitable apportionment of damages among tortfeasors”
• holding that the two important public policy considerations underlying the Act are the encouragement of settlements and the equitable apportionment of damages among tortfeasors
• recognizing that “the Contribution Act seeks to promote two important public policies–the encouragement of settlements and the equitable apportionment of damages among tortfeasors”
• holding that the two important public policy considerations underlying the Act are the encouragement of settlements and the equitable apportionment of damages among tortfeasors
• noting that, despite the nominal amount of the settlement, the plaintiff had represented that the settling tortfeasor was not sued directly because extensive research on the matter indicated such a lawsuit would have little likelihood of success
• noting that, despite the nominal amount of the settlement, the plaintiff had represented that the settling tortfeasor was not sued directly because extensive research on the matter indicated such a lawsuit would have little likelihood of success

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).