RECENT STATE DECISIONS

March 2005

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California Court Rules to Protect Cleanup Judgment Debtor from Having to Assume Responsibilities of Others Who Attempt to Settle Out
State of California v. Saberi, ___Cal.App.4th___

In an unpublished opinion, a California Court of Appeal has found that parties to a stipulated cleanup order with the State cannot settle out and leave just one, nonsettling responsible party liable for all remaining work with no recourse to the settling parties.