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OCR: good faith of a settlement i5 not a necessary regarding the corollary to the pro tanto method. II THE LEGER-TYPE PRO RATA METHOD 15 FLAWED eduction of Plaintiff's Award Based on Allocation Fauli Among Litigating anc Absent Parties Results in Either Double Insufficient Recovery and Unnecessary com- plication Litigation. Petitioner and Amici advocate the application of the approach: pro t rata reduction 50 that the attribu- dollar amount corresponding the percentage at fault table settling defendant reduced from the award the rather than deducting the actual dollar amount ot settleent. This argument based on Leger. supra and cases credit subsequent to methoas it adoptinp similar pro rata or propor hope tionate The rationale OF Leger lessly flawed, however and should you form the basis for un ...