Singer Co. v. Superior Court

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• holding that party is obligated to turn over evidence which is relevant to the good faith healing, but subsequent discovery or trial after settlement is not relevant to the “good faith” of the settlement
• holding that party is obligated to turn over evidence which is relevant to the good faith hearing, but subsequent discovery or trial after settlement is not relevant to the \good faith\ of the settlement
• indicating that only entities who had \no opportunity\ to appear during the initial good faith determination are entitled to raise the issue in a subsequent proceeding
• \holding compels the parties to a settlement to ensure that all likely defendants have an opportunity to be heard on the good faith of the settlement\
• notice and hearing required before denial of property interest
• “Since a nonsettlmg tortfeasor loses his right to seek contribution or partial indemnity from a joint tortfeasor who settled if that settlement is adjudged to be in good faith, the nonsettling tortfeasor stands to be deprived of his property right to contribution or partial indemnity.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).