Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act

Florida has adopted the Uniform Contribution Among Tortfeasors Act. See Fla. Stat. § 768.31.


 * "when two or more persons become jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property, or for the same wrongful death, there is a right of contribution among them even though judgment has not been recovered against all or any of them."

See Brown v. United States, 838 F.2d 1157, 1161-62 (11th Cir. 1988) ("When a release or covenant to sue or not to enforce a judgment is given in good faith to one of two or more persons liable in tort for ... the same wrongful death, ... it reduces the claim against the others to the extent of any amount stipulated by the release or the covenant.")