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MULLIN LUMBER CO. v. CHANDLER

Docket No. B013765.

185 Cal.App.3d 1127 (1986)

230 Cal. Rptr. 122

MULLIN LUMBER COMPANY, Cross-complainant and Appellant, v. ARNE CHANDLER, Cross-defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Seven.

September 25, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, Reginald D. Greene and Gwen Freeman for Cross-complainant and Appellant.

Hagenbaugh & Murphy, John J. Tary, Lance A. LaBelle and Kelvin L. Jenkins for Cross-defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

JOHNSON, J.

The issue in this appeal is whether a settling defendant must prove its own liability to the plaintiff in order to recover from concurrent tortfeasors in an action for equitable indemnity. (1a) We have concluded such a requirement would undermine the important public policies of maximizing recovery to the injured party, encouraging settlements and apportioning liability according to fault while advancing...

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