Torres v. Union Pacific Railroad

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a defendant’s settlement price cannot 17 be “grossly disproportionate to that defendant’s fair share of the damages”
• holding that “a co-defendant’s settlement price 17 cannot be grossly disproportionate to his fair share of the damages”
• holding that “a co-defendant’s settlement price 3 cannot be grossly disproportionate to his fair share of the damages”
• no good faith where defendant settles by paying sum “grossly 16 disproportionate” to their fair share of damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Tech-Bilt, Inc. v. Woodward-Clyde & Associates
  California Supreme Court· 1985-05-02· cited 274×
• San Joaquin County Department of Human Services v. Gary L.
  California Court of Appeal· 1993-11-30· cited 218×
• Abbott Ford, Inc. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1987-09-03· cited 108×
• Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-05-22· cited 96×
• Federal Savings And Loan Insurance Corporation v. David L. Butler
  Ninth Circuit· 1990-05-31· cited 61×
• Gum v. Dudley
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-12-08· cited 44×
• City of Grand Terrace v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1987-06-23· cited 39×
• Singer Co. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-04-07· cited 33×
• Velsicol Chemical Corp. v. Davidson
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1991-05-16· cited 29×
• Angelus Associates Corp. v. Neonex Leisure Products, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-04-29· cited 25×
• Greshko v. County of Los Angeles
  California Court of Appeal· 1987-08-18· cited 23×
• Standard Pacific of San Diego v. AA Baxter Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-01-13· cited 22×
• Barth-Wittmore Insurance v. H. R. Murphy Enterprises, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-06-10· cited 19×
• Moreno v. Sayre
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-11-28· cited 19×
• Shane v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-10-19· cited 18×
• IRM Corp. v. Carlson
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-03-26· cited 15×
• Southern California Gas Co. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-12-10· cited 13×
• Rankin v. Curtis
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-07-25· cited 12×
• Horton v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1987-07-10· cited 9×
• BREHM COMMUNITIES v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-05-22· cited 8×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• American Motorcycle Assn. v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1978-02-09· cited 547×
• Owen v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1983-08-26· cited 108×
• River Garden Farms, Inc. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1972-07-31· cited 98×
• Commercial Union Insurance Company v. Ford Motor Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-04-24· cited 70×
• Fisher v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1980-03-14· cited 45×
• Dompeling v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1981-04-08· cited 42×
• Kohn v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1983-04-26· cited 30×
• Huizar v. Abex Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 1984-05-29· cited 21×
• Lareau v. Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-01-22· cited 17×
• Cardio Systems, Inc. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1981-08-21· cited 15×
• Burlington Northern Railroad v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1982-12-03· cited 14×