Texas Supreme Court· 7/3/2002
Utts v. Short
Citations
- 81 S.W.3d 822
- 45 Tex. Sup. Ct. J. 1045
- 2002 Tex. LEXIS 121
- 2001 WL 1902797
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- holding that a nonsettling defendant properly raised the settlement-credit issue in response to the plaintiff's motion for judgment
- stating that a defendant seeking a settlement credit has the burden to prove its right to it
- stating that a defendant seeking a settlement credit has the burden to prove its right to it
- stating that a defendant seeking a settlement credit has the burden to prove its right to it
- “A defendant seeking a settlement credit has the burden to prove its right to such a credit.”
- “[W]e must not construe statutes in a way that would lead to an absurd result.”
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Judges: Baker, Phillips, Enoch, Hankinson, O'Neill, Jefferson, Owen, Hecht, Rodriguez
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