Rankin v. Curtis

*949STANIFORTH, Acting P. J., Dissenting.

I respectfully dissent.

In setting aside the entire order approving the “good faith” settlement, the majority engaged in an act of judicial overkill. They would disapprove of a $1,450,000 settlement—the sum total of all the settling parties’ available insurance policy limits. This settlement was reached as the result of lengthy negotiations with the help of a highly skilled, retired, “settlement” judge. It was approved by a trial judge after a hearing that complied insofar as the settling parties are concerned (and the record before this court) with the…