Boca Grande Club, Inc. v. Polackwich

In this case, the district court, invoking the settlement bar rule suggested by Self v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., 832 F.2d 1540 (11th Cir.1987), cert. denied, 486 U.S. 1033, 108 S.Ct. 2017, 100 L.Ed.2d 604 (1988), rejected Florida Power & Light Company’s (FP & L’s) claim for contribution against Boca Grande Club, Inc. (Boca Grande) and gave Boca Grande summary judgment. After judgment was entered and this appeal was taken, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Tanker Robert Watt Miller, 957 F.2d 1575 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 113 S.Ct. 484, 121 L.Ed.2d 388 (1992), concluded that…