Stratton v. Parker

VANCE, Justice.

In a personal injury action against joint tort-feasors in which one of them settled the claim before trial and the other went to trial, the question presented is whether the nonsettling defendant is entitled to credit on the judgment against him of the amount paid by the settling defendant when the jury determined that the settling defendant’s percentage of causation of the plaintiff’s injury was zero.

The appellant, Marvin Douglas Stratton, was injured in a motor vehicle accident. He claimed damages against the appellee, Bruce Parker, Johnson Investments, Inc., and The…