EXPRESSIONS AT RANCHO NIGUEL ASS'N v. AHMANSON DEVELOPMENTS, INC.

No. D036419.

103 Cal.Rptr.2d 895 (2001)

86 Cal.App.4th 1135

EXPRESSIONS AT RANCHO NIGUEL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AHMANSON DEVELOPMENTS, INC., Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent; Monier, Inc., Cross-defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, Fourth District, Division One.

February 5, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon & Rees, William J. Peters; William A. Robles Law Offices, Robles & Castles and William Anthony Robles, San Francisco, for Cross-Defendant and Appellant.

Grady & Dicks and Michael D. Dicks, San Diego, for Plaintiff and Respondent Expressions at Rancho Niguel Association.

Green & Adams, Philip W. Green and Gary D. Grant, Irvine, for Defendant, Cross-complainant and Respondent Ahmanson Developments, Inc.


McINTYRE, J.

Where a defendant who is strictly liable for a plaintiffs injury settles with the plaintiff and with various other joint tortfeasors and then pursues an equitable indemnity claim against a nonsettling joint tortfeasor, is the nonsettlor jointly and severally liable for the amount paid by the defendant to the plaintiff? In this case we answer this question in the negative, based on the conclusion that joint...

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