BOB PARRETT CONST., INC. v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. B188345.

45 Cal.Rptr.3d 250 (2006)

140 Cal.App.4th 1180

BOB PARRETT CONSTRUCTION, INC., et al., Petitioners, v. The SUPERIOR COURT of Los Angeles County, Respondent; Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corporation, Real Party in Interest.

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

June 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Towle, Denison, Smith & Tavera, Michael C. Denison and Marta L. Higuera, Los Angeles, for Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, Joseph F. Coyne, Jr., Gregory P. Barbee and Amir Shlesinger, Los Angeles, for Real Party in Interest.


VOGEL, J.

The employees of two corporations were charged and convicted of defrauding the United States government. The corporations, which were not charged with any crimes but were potentially liable for common law tort damages and civil fines, settled their claims (one for $1 million, the other for $200,000) and obtained releases from the United States. One corporation then sued the other for indemnity and damages, which resulted in the defendant corporation's motion...

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