P1034 Good faith settlement provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure may be applied in the action in which settlement occurred or in a subsequent action for indemnity, and may be applied between parties facing civil liability arising from a scheme carried out by their joint efforts regardless of whether they were sued in the same action or named as joint tortfeasors.CitationPARRETT v SUPERIOR COURT (Separate Settlements) 140 CA4 1180 [See: CCP 877, 877.6; 31 USC 3729-3733; 41 USC 51-58; Nutrition Now v SuperCt 105 CA4 209, P/AT 3/03]
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