armor against other defendants' settlements may encourage defendants in similar False Claims Act lawsuits to stall litigation and minimize their share of liabilities. The circuit court on Tuesday adopted a rule that FCA defendants are entitled to a "pro tanto," or dollar-for-dollar, reduction of their potential damages liability against settlements made by other defendants involving the "same indivisible harm" to the government. The decision means that Honeywell International Inc. effectively faces no damages liability in a long-running case over allegedly defective Zylon fiber it sold for. . .
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