MINNESOTA MINING & MFG. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. A043688.

206 Cal.App.3d 1025 (1988)

253 Cal. Rptr. 908

MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF ALAMEDA COUNTY, Respondent; ROBERT A.D. SCHWARTZ, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

December 21, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Rene P. Tatro, Kirk G. Werner, Gordon W. Renneisen and Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

Kenneth P. Barnum and Clapp, Moroney, Bellagamba, Davis & Vucinich for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

MERRILL, J.

(1a) Petitioner, a defendant in a civil action, challenges the Alameda County Superior Court's ruling confirming a settlement between plaintiff and a codefendant. (Code Civ. Proc., § 877.6.) In deciding whether to confirm the settlement, the court performed a mathematical calculation to determine the "ballpark" for the settling defendant. But a significant error of law was made in establishing...

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