DAFONTE v. UP RIGHT INCORPORATED (1991)

Supreme Court of California,In Bank.

Mark DAFONTE, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UP–RIGHT, INCORPORATED, Defendant and Appellant.

No. S022331.

Decided: October 03, 1991

Petition for review GRANTED.

The issue to be argued before this court shall be limited to whether Civil Code section 1431.2 applies to limit a tortfeasor's liability for non-economic damages in proportion to that defendant's fault where other tortfeasors at fault are not subject to suit.

LUCAS, C.J., and PANELLI, KENNARD, ARABIAN, BAXTER and GEORGE, JJ., concur.

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