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Bar Exam (Next Generation) Flashcards: Apportionment Of Responsibility Among Multiple Tortfeasors
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QUESTION
Under the prevailing modern approach, what is the effect of one tortfeasor's settlement on the liability of the others?
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ANSWER
The nonsettling defendants' liability is reduced, by the settlement amount or the settling party's share of fault. Jurisdictions differ on whether reduction is pro tanto or by comparative share.
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