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- Title: In Re Stephen P.
- Author : Second Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 20, 1983
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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How should damages be apportioned among joint tortfeasors? This is one of the disturbing conundrums to emerge from Li v. Yellow Cab Co. (1975) 13 Cal. 3d 804 [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 Cal. Rptr. 182, 578 P.2d 899]. In Paradise Valley Hospital v. Schlossman (1983) 143 Cal. App. 3d 87 [191 Cal. Rptr. 531], the appellate court, in sorting out the issues of contribution and indemnity among joint tortfeasors, answered the question, "should solvent defendants proportionately share liability for a shortfall caused by an insolvent defendant?" The answer was an unequivocal "yes."