Dutch Properties Construction, Inc. v. Pac-San, Inc.

In plaintiffs’1 action for contribution to the settlement of a personal injury claim, defendant2 appeals a judgment that it was 70 percent at fault on the underlying claim and that plaintiffs were each 15 percent at fault. Plaintiffs and defendant each owned and operated restaurants that were licensed to serve alcoholic beverages. The underlying claim arose from a two car accident that Cassie Jo Chapman caused.3 The claimant was the driver of one vehicle and was seriously injured in the accident. Chapman, who drove the other vehicle, was killed. Before the accident, she had consumed alcoholic…