Labels:book | reckoner | sky | windowpane OCR: Court fashioning rule to be applied in maritime tort cases whereby the defendant has the option choose the method reduction. Under respondent's alternative proposal non-settling defendant would des- ignate either the pro rata or the MO tanto method red uction tor any previous settlements bi plaintiff. Allowing the nor- -settling defendant choose the credit method justified, because party settlement aie should not operate his dettinent Moreover, because the settling parties would not know which met hod will be chosen collusion between the set tling parties PinoM he discaua iged ARGUMENT WHEN THE PLAINTIFF NI MARITIME TORT ACTION SETTLES WITH SOME, BUT NOT DEFEND ANTS PRIOR TO JUDGMENT HIS AW IRD AGAINST THE NON. -SETTLING DEFEN. DA SHOULD BE REDUCED PRO TANTO so THAT RECEIVES FULL SATISFACT ...