Milbank Mutual Insurance v. Village of Rose Creek

How courts have described this case

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• holding that settlement amount between injured party and settling tortfeasor does not determine the damages in a contribution action
• stating that while common liability gives rise to contribution claim, the right to contribution depends on the individual liability of each tortfeasor to the injured party
• common liability arises when both parties are liable for part or all of the same damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).