United States Ninth Circuit

Public policy supports settlement agreements where an agreement on the part of the plaintiff to permit the defendant to share in the plaintiffs' punitive damages is necessary for meaningful settlement of punitive damage claims.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/09/2000
• Decided 02/08/2001
• Published 02/08/2001

Judges

• SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  BROWNING, SCHROEDER, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• John F. Daum,O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, California, for the defendants-appellants., Brian B. O'Neill, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minnesota;  David W. Oesting, Davis Wright Tremaine, Anchorage, Alaska, for the plaintiffs-appellees.