Labels:book | reckoner | sky OCR: of fault, Xq 10 the dollar amourt of the settlement, which- ever great ter.26 The major purposes af the rule are provide incentives for settlement between plaintiffs AnG defendants, while at the same time insuring that the settling defendant does not have bear inequitable share 10 liability, simply because other parties have cho- sen settle See Purcell Doherty. 102 Misc. 2d 1049 424 N.Y.S. .2d 991 (1980} aff'd 80 A.D.2d 755. 437 N.Y.S.2d 993 (N.Y.A.D. Dept 1981) Allowing the uou -settling defendant to choose either the pro rata or pro fanto method of reduction would solve two significant problems. First, giving non settling defendant the choice as to the method reduc- tion would eliminate any possibility collusive setlle ments With the non -settling defendant having an option collusion wou ...