Georgia Appellate Court Holds Apportionment Statute Does Not Abolish Right Of Contribution Between Joint Tortfeasors Who Have Settled

A Georgia appellate court has held that an apportionment statute does not abolish the right of contribution between settling joint tortfeasors because there had been no apportionment of damages by a trier of fact. Zurich American Ins. Co. v. Heard, 740 S.E.2d 429 (Ga. App. 2013), reconsideration...