Assertion: settlement agreement | /r/AtLocation | open court
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text: A court will find a Mary-Carter inspired agreement valid and enforceable where there is no evidence that the plaintiff and defendant are conspiring to increase the nonsettling defendant’s share of liability and where the underlying settlement agreement is made in open court with the nonsettling defendant’s full knowledge—such an agreement “lacks any of the indicia of collusion and secrecy that mark a disfavored Mary Carter agreement.