Legal Opinion
Merrill v. Trenn
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided February 18, 1998No. 96-602-AppealPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FLANDERS, Justice.
This case concerns the method that should be used to calculate the damages liability of alleged tortfeasors and to compute prejudgment interest thereon when the injured party has previously obtained a pretrial-settlement payment from one of the alleged tortfeasors and then enters into a later settlement with or obtains a verdict or decision against the other allegedly responsible parties.
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Facts and Travel
On the afternoon of October 31, 1991, plaintiffs Christopher R. Merrill (Merrill) and James Pakuris (Pakuris) were passengers in an automobile driven by defendant…
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