Noyes v. Raymond

How courts have described this case

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• noting that the uncertainty and expense involved in defending settlements against proportionality claims reduce a defendant’s incentive to enter into a settlement
• holding that although parts of the charge may have been confusing and the judge neglected to define a statutory term, the defendant’s failure to make a timely and specific objection to the confusing language renders an argument on appeal concerning that terminology inappropriate
• explaining that purpose of § 231(B) is to encourage settlements
• “According to the commissioners who drafted the 1955 version, there were two purposes behind the changes[: (1)] to prevent collusion amongst the settling parties[; and (2) ] to encourage settlements.”
• the fact that the amount of a settlement is low in comparison to the party’s estimate of her own damages, by itself, is not material
• burden of coming forward with some showing of lack of good faith ought to rest with those opposing the discharge of liability for contribution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).