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UNION PACIFIC CORP. v. WENGERT

No. A084875.

95 Cal.Rptr.2d 68 (2000)

79 Cal.App.4th 1444

UNION PACIFIC CORPORATION et al., Cross-complainants and Respondents, v. Richard WENGERT, Cross-defendant and Appellant.

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

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing May 22, 2000.

Review Denied August 9, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Klimenko and Michael K. Tcheng, Misciagna & Colombatto, San Francisco, for Appellant.

Anthony C. Diepenbrock, John P. Cotter and Nora E. Dwyer, Diepenbrock & Costa, Sacramento, for Respondents Union Pacific Corporation et al.

Daniel M. Crawford and Donald T. Ramsey, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, Counsel for Respondents LMC Transport Company, Inc. and Bhupinder Singh.

PARRILLI, J.

Since the passage of Proposition 51 in 1986, tort liability for noneconomic damages has been several; the former rule of joint liability was preserved only for economic damages. (Civ.Code, § 1431.2.) In this case, we consider the impact of this change on settling tortfeasors' right to seek comparative equitable indemnity from a nonsettling concurrent tortfeasor. We conclude that comparative equitable indemnity

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