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SCHMID v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. C004886.

205 Cal.App.3d 1244 (1988)

253 Cal. Rptr. 137

GERALDINE SCHMID, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, Respondent; BERT SARGENT et al., Real Parties in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Third District.

November 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Duncan, Ball, Evans, Ubaldi & Rust and Paul R. Bartleson for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent and Real Parties in Interest.

OPINION

SIMS, J.

In this case we hold that a settlement of a personal injury lawsuit is in "good faith," for purposes of sections 877 and 877.6 of the Code of Civil Procedure,1 where a defendant pays the plaintiff the limit of the defendant's insurance policy and has no other assets, even though the amount paid in settlement is far less than the likely...

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