1814 REVIEW DENIED -- NAME CHANGE FROM UNITED PACIFIC Multiple insurers of the same insured are neither joint-tortfeasors nor co-obligors under the same debt, so the good faith settlement provisions of CCP 877 do not bar non-settling carriers from seeking indemnity from settling carriers with whom the insured settled coverage disputes and bad faith claims.CitationROHR v FIRST STATE (Multiple Insurers) 59 CA4 1480 [See: CCP 877; Topa v Fireman's 39 CA4 1331, T/AT 12/95; Hartford v Superior Court 29 CA4 435, T/AT 11/94; Herrick v Canadian 29 CA4 753, T/AT 11/94; Pacific Estates v Superior Court 13 CA4 1561, T/AT 5/93]
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