Jacobs v. General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp.

Presumably plaintiffs will attempt to establish that negligence of Flood was a cause of the minor plaintiffs’ injuries as alleged. If successful, plaintiffs will be entitled to judgment, against appellants, for their damages, reduced by one half by virtue of the provisions of the releases given to respondents Hooker and his insurer. (No contributory negligence was alleged.) In that event, appellants will not have to pay any more than if respondents had remained in the case and had remained liable for contribution. To the extent that appellants’ cross complaint was based on a claim for…