Legal Opinion
River Garden Farms, Inc. v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided July 31, 1972No. Civ. 13297PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FRIEDMAN, Acting P. J.
Petitioners are the remaining defendants in a personal injury suit pending in the Yolo County Superior Court. Three other defendants settled with the plaintiff minor and received releases. Petitioners charge that these releases were not given in good faith as required by Code of Civil Procedure section 877, violating California statutes which authorize pre-verdict settlement with one of several joint tortfeasors and thus evoking the common law rule that the release of one joint tortfeasor releases all.
Pursuing this thesis, petitioners unsuccessfully sought…
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