Legal Opinion
Engle v. Endlich
California Court of Appeal
Decided September 22, 1992No. B052388PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
CROSKEY, Acting P. J.
Mary L. Engle (plaintiff) appeals from that portion of the judgment entered on August 7, 1990, reducing the amount of the jury award in her favor by the amount of workers’ compensation benefits paid on her behalf.
As we conclude that a plaintiff’s personal injury award is properly reduced by (1) the amount of any sums received from a settling defendant and, (2) under Witt v. Jackson (1961) 57 Cal.2d 57 [17 Cal.Rptr. 369, 366 P.2d 641] and its progeny, the amount of any workers’ compensation benefits received from a concurrently negligent employer (up to the amount…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Witt v. JacksonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1961
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