Medical Center of Delaware, Inc. v. Mullins

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• holding that a joint tortfeasor status must be resolved by the trier of fact
• “In the absence of a determination that Dr. Vakili was a joint tortfeasor, under the collateral source rule, the Medical Center had no right to a credit because the payment by Dr. Vakili to the Mullins constituted compensation from an independent source.”
• party who settled a claim against him prior to trial was held not to be a “joint tort-feasor” because he was not determined hable in tort at trial, and the pertinent release did not admit such tort liability

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