FAR WEST FINANCIAL CORP. v. D & S CO.

Docket No. S000606.

46 Cal.3d 796 (1988)

760 P.2d 399

251 Cal. Rptr. 202

FAR WEST FINANCIAL CORPORATION et al., Cross-complainants and Appellants, v. D & S COMPANY, INC., et al., Cross-defendants and Respondents.

Supreme Court of California.

September 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Roy G. Weatherup, Peter Q. Ezzell, Kenneth C. Byrne, Joseph R. Zamora and Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel for Cross-complainants and Appellants. Melvin F. Seifert, Carol A. Stroup, Ives, Kirwan & Dibble, Kelley K. Beck, Michael M. Youngdahl, Hawkins, Schnabel & Lindahl, Galen F. Griepp, Kegel, Tobin, Hamrick & Truce, Mario A. Iorillo, Steven M. Karp, Iorillo & Karp, David B. Pillemer, Mandel, Meininger, Pillemer & Schwab, Mandel, Pillemer & Schwab, Paul F. Sowa, Stockdale, Peckham & Werner, Mark D. Rutter, Buck, Molony & Ammirato, Jonathan G. Maile, Christopher S. Maile, Tharpe & Howell, William C. Howison, Williams, Berges & Sanford, Steven R. Jensen and Barmasse & Cohen for Cross-defendants and Respondents.


OPINION

ARGUELLES, J.

California has adopted a variety of statutes to promote the voluntary settlement of litigation. One of these provisions, section 877.6, subdivision (c) of the Code of Civil Procedure,1 provides that when a defendant in a tort action enters into a settlement agreement with the plaintiff and the trial court determines that the settlement was made in "good faith," the trial court's good...

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