Ronnie Gene Bass v. Phoenix Seadrill/78, Ltd., Third-Party v. Crown Rig Building Services, Inc., and Branham Industries, Inc., Third-Party

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• concluding that even if subsidiary findings were clearly erroneous, sufficient evidence supported ultimate fault allocation
• stating that the court may consider “an attempt by a non-party to the settlement to void portions of the agreement that purport to affect the rights of non-settlors”
• “Nonsettling defendants also have standing to object if they can show some formal legal prejudice”
• “Although we have not expressly adopted [the plain-legal-prejudice] standard, we think that it has much to recommend it and, moreover, that it comports with the jurisprudence of this circuit.” (relying on Quad/Graphics, Inc. v. Fass, 724 F.2d 1230 (7th Cir. 1983))

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