Admiralty - Settlement - Liability of Nonsettling Defendant - Proportionate Share

Authors

Joseph C. Safar

Abstract

The United States Supreme Court held that a nonsettling defendant's liability in an admiralty action should be calculated by an allocation of proportionate responsibility and not by giving the nonsettling defendant a dollar for dollar credit for the amount paid by a settling defendant.

McDermott, Inc. v. AmClyde, 114 S. Ct. 1461 (1994).

First Page

1073

Recommended Citation

Joseph C. Safar, Admiralty - Settlement - Liability of Nonsettling Defendant - Proportionate Share, 33 Duq. L. Rev. 1073 (1995).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol33/iss4/13