California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bay Development, Ltd. v. Superior Court, 269 Cal.Rptr. 720, 50 Cal.3d 1012 (Cal. 1990):
A trial court's decision that a settlement was made in good faith, however, does not absolve a settling defendant from a subsequent indemnification claim in all circumstances. For example, when the settling defendant has previously entered into a contractual agreement to indemnify a nonsettling defendant, a settlement--even if in good faith--does not relieve the settling defendant from performing the contractual indemnification obligations. (See C.L. Peck Contractors v. Superior Court (1984) 159 Cal.App.3d 828, 834, 205 Cal.Rptr. 754.)
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