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JONES v. JOHNSON

No. 91-C-0415.

576 So.2d 519 (1991)

Marcellena JONES and Rodney Garland Jones v. Tracy Allan JOHNSON and the Insurance Company of Pennsylvania. CONSOLIDATED WITH William COURREGE v. Tracy Allan JOHNSON and the Insurance Company of Pennsylvania.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

March 28, 1991.

Denied. This court decided in Dill v. State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, 545 So.2d 994 (La.1989), that when a plaintiff releases a joint tortfeasor prior to trial, the plaintiff's recovery against the remaining joint tortfeasor is reduced by the amount of fault attributable to the released tortfeasor. The reduction by the court of appeal was therefore correct. See La.Civ.Code art....

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