Legal Opinion
Berg v. Footer
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 22, 1996No. 94-CV-1496, 94-CV-1497PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FERREN, Associate Judge:
This case presents two principal questions: (1) When all parties stipulate to a settling defendant’s liability in a common law tort action (here a claim for medical malpractice) — without formal, adjudication of that liability — is the settling defendant a “joint tortfeasor” for purposes of determining the allowable credit to a nonsettling defendant against whom the jury has awarded full damages for the plaintiffs injury? (2) If so, will Martello v. Hawley, 112 U.S.App. D.C. 129, 300 F.2d 721 (1962), control, limiting the nonsettling defendant to a pro rata credit,…
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