Labels:book | bulletin board | reckoner | sky | windowpane OCR: settles with one or more of the joint tort-. -feasors, princi- ples of joint liability are not abrogated. Neither are princi ples comparative fault The jury determi ines the degrees DF fault. if any, of the parties before and the amount damages suffered The plaintiff is entitlec recover that amount less the dollar amount represented nis UMD comparative neg ligence and less the dollar amount the settl ement The plaintiff therefore receives xar amount damages to which the jury has found hin entitled and the non -settling defendants participating 31 trial contribute the damages thei judicially determined degrees fault. The decision of the Fifth Circuit below and its prior decision + Hernandez. supra adheres the rule that plaintiffs are only entitled to auo recovery for the dam- ages suffered. ...
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