Tadros v. City of Omaha

NATURE OF CASE

We are asked to determine whether, under our contributory negligence statutes, 1 a joint tort-feasor defendant’s liability for economic damages is reduced by the amount of a nonparty joint tort-feasor’s settlement with the plaintiff or, instead, by the nonparty’s proportionate share of liability regardless of the settlement amount. Section 25-21,185.11(1) states that in the event of settlement by the claimant with one joint tort-feasor, “[t]he claim of the claimant against other persons shall be reduced by the amount of the released person’s share of the obligation as determined…