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OCR: trial, which method of reduction will be employed dollar- for- -dollar credit "sliding scale percentage of damages credit. similar approach is the method adopted by the State f New York Under that method it there has been settlement with less than all joint tort- feasors thr dam- ages awarded the plaintiff are reduced b the dollar representing the settling defendants percentage {A} percent of those damages up 1 $200.000; {B} percent of those damages from $200,001 $400,000 C percent of those damages UOIj $400,001 t $500,000. (D) 20 percent thosc damages greater than $500,000. {c} The amount of damages recoverable by the clai imant may only be rcduced once by the credit provided T Subsec- tion {b} $33.014 Election of Credit for Settlements a claimant has settled with ane 10 more persons, an ...