Shelby v. Action Scaffolding, Inc.

OPINION

CORCORAN, Justice.

This case requires us to construe various provisions of Arizona’s Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act (UCATA), A.R.S. §§ 12-2501 to -2509. Defendant Action Scaffolding, Inc. seeks review of the court of appeals’ opinion holding that the amount a plaintiff receives in settlement from a joint tortfeasor is to be deducted from the plaintiff’s damages as determined by the jury before reducing those damages in proportion to the plaintiff’s relative degree of fault. Shelby v. Action Scaffolding, Inc., 164 Ariz. 302, 792 P.2d 765 (App. 1990); see A.R.S. §§ 12-2504,…