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· 6/22/1984

Torres v. Union Pacific Railroad

Citations

  • 157 Cal. App. 3d 499
  • 203 Cal. Rptr. 825
  • 1984 Cal. App. LEXIS 2222

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

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Judges: Thompson

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