Legal Opinion
Spectra-Physics, Inc. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 4, 1988No. H003755PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
AGLIANO, P. J.
The issue in this case is whether, in preparing for a hearing to determine the good faith of a sliding scale settlement under Code of Civil Procedure Section 877.6, the settling parties may depose counsel for the nonsettling defendants to inquire whether the nonsettling defendants may have been guilty of bad faith or unreasonable conduct which impeded the settlement process and thereby made a lower settlement reasonable, within the meaning of the decision in Abbott Ford v. Superior Court (1987) 43 Cal.3d 858 [239 Cal.Rptr. 626, 741 P.2d 124] (hereafter Abbott Ford).
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2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Tech-Bilt, Inc. v. Woodward-Clyde & AssociatesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- Abbott Ford, Inc. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1987
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