Alcal Roofing & Insulation v. Superior Court of San Mateo

In Alcal Roofing & Insulation v. Superior Court of San Mateo, 8 Cal.App.4th 1121, 1123, 10 Cal. Rptr.2d 844 (Cal.Ct.App.1992), a condominium association asserted a construction defect case against the developer, roofing-related subcontractors, and a roofer. All parties agreed to a settlement amount of $4.4 million, except the roofer. In the settlement agreement, the parties allocated $100,000 for roofing claims. The roofer argued that the court should not have approved the settlement because this was far less than his possible liability and would lessen the amount of offset applicable to any judgment against him. The court held that if each settling defendant allocated its settlement to primarily nonroofing issues the roofer could "obtain an offset for the settlement of each of the other defendants, limited only by the amount of each settlement." Id. at 1127, 10 Cal.Rptr.2d 844.