BRITZ, INC. v. DOW CHEMICAL CO.

No. F030476.

86 Cal.Rptr.2d 188 (1999)

73 Cal.App.4th 177

BRITZ, INC., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Fifth District.

Review Denied October 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frame & Matsumoto and Ted R. Frame, Coalinga, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Hardin, Cook, Loper, Engel & Bergez, Gennaro A. Filice III and Nicholas D. Kayhan, Oakland, for Defendant and Respondent Dow Chemical Company.

Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold, Stephen Jones, Anthony J. Anscombe and Kirk C. Jenkins, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent Shell Oil Company.

Landels, Ripley & Diamond and Stephen C. Lewis, San Francisco, for Defendants and Respondents Occidental Chemical Corporation, Occidental Chemical Holding Corporation and Occidental Petroleum Corporation.


Certified for Partial Publication.*

OPINION

THAXTER, J.

A joint tortfeasor settles with the plaintiff, obtains a good faith settlement determination, is dismissed from the case and dismisses its cross-complaint for indemnity against its codefendants. Subsequently, the codefendants settle with the plaintiff and, after notice to the joint tortfeasor, obtain good faith settlement determinations. Can the joint tortfeasor...

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