Richardson v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.

DURHAM, Justice:

{1 Pursuant to rule 41 of the Utah Rules of Appellate Procedure, the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit certified the following question to us for decision:

Under Utah law, may plaintiffs who have entered into a judicially approved settlement with multiple defendants after a trial in which a jury allocated 100% of fault among the parties pursuant to the Utah comparative fault scheme, Utah Code Ann. §§ 78-27-37 to -48, [1] maintain a subsequent tort action for the same injuries, arising out of the same transaction or occurrence, against additional known…