California Court of Appeal May 22, 2000, A084875 (Union Pacific Corp. v. Wengert)

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Opinion

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 tortfea-sor.