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Title: Torres V. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
Author : Second Appellate District, Division Seven Court of Appeal of California
Release Date : January 22, 1984
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 70 KB

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This case calls upon us to define the term "good faith" as it is used in Code of Civil Procedure sections 877 and 877.6. Specifically, we must decide whether a settlement is in "good faith" when it is "too cheap," i.e., when it allows the settling codefendant to escape from the litigation without paying his fair share of the damages. We find that the standard of "good faith" is not met when a codefendant's settlement price is grossly disproportionate to his fair share of the damages. However, we find that the settlements at issue here involve no such gross disproportion and were therefore made in good faith. We, therefore, affirm dismissals made by the trial court, pursuant to its finding of good faith.