Legal Opinion
Paradise Valley Hospital v. Schlossman
California Court of Appeal
Decided May 18, 1983No. Civ. 26702PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
STANIFORTH, Acting P. J.
Paradise Valley Hospital’s (Hospital) appeal presents this novel question: Where one of several joint tortfeasors is insolvent, should the solvent tortfeasors share liability for the shortfall in direct proportion to their respective degrees of fault?
The issue tendered is yet another of the “problems of contribution and indemnity among joint tortfeasors [which] lurk in the background” of Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975) 13 Cal.3d 804, 823 [119 Cal.Rptr. 858, 532 P.2d 1226, 78 A.L.R.3d 393], and American Motorcycle Assn. v. Superior Court (1978) 20 Cal.3d 578 [146…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Nga Li v. Yellow Cab Co.California Supreme Court · 1975
- American Motorcycle Assn. v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1978
- Summers v. TiceCalifornia Supreme Court · 1948
- Chrysler Corp. v. TodorovichWyoming Supreme Court · 1978
- Munoz v. DavisCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Seeley v. SeymourCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1987
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