Focus (Forum & Focus)
Nov. 14, 2007
Settlement Schemes
Focus Column - By Martin L. Pitha and Kathryn Ann Visosky - When your co-defendant remains party to a case after coming to a separate settlement with the plaintiff, there's only one thing to do: launch a scorched-earth campaign against your former ally.
By Martin L. Pitha
and Kathryn Ann Visosky
Your client's business has been sued by an aggrieved party that has named another co-defendant. Perhaps the client is a manufacturer that allegedly made defective goods for the co-defendant, who sold them to its customers. With the intricacy of manufacturing claims today and the lack of vertical integration, such scenarios are common, and one need look no further tha...
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