Hosley v. Armstrong Cork Co.

OPINION

FOLEY, Judge.

The only non-settling defendant in a mul-ti-defendant products liability case appeals from an order denying its motion for new trial. A judgment required it to pay a portion of the damages attributed by the *815jury to a bankrupt defendant severed from the case. Appellant contends that the plaintiffs settlement with some defendants through Pierringer releases destroyed joint liability between the defendants. Alternatively, defendant argues that if it is liable it is entitled to statutory reallocation or common law contribution against the settling defendants, which the…