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· 6/14/1989

Thomas v. Solberg

Citations

  • 442 N.W.2d 73
  • 1989 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 188
  • 1989 WL 63552

How courts have described this case

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  • holding chapter 668 replaced pro tanto credit rule with proportionate credit rule
  • applying pro portionate offset rule and listing cases reaching same conclusion}. . Restatement (Teirp) or Torts: Apportionment or Lasmuy § 16 (1999) (recommending proportionate share approach under joint and several liability
  • a plaintiffs recovery against nonsettling defendants is reduced by the percentage of fault allocated to settling defendants
  • \... the proportionate credit rule is compatible with comparative fault; the one recovery policy underlying the pro tanto credit rule is not\
  • applying proportionate offset rule and listing cases reaching same conclusion

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Judges: Harris, Larson, Schultz, Lavorato, Neuman

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