MICHAEL D. MARCUS’S MEDIATION MESSAGE NO. 120 THE “EMPTY CHAIR” AND SETTLING DEFENDANTS INVOLVEMENT IN A SUBSEQUENT TRIAL Diamond v. Reshko (2015) 239 Cal.App.4th 828 advises how a trial shall be conducted where a defendant settles with the plaintiff before trial and then agrees to participate in the trial involving a co-defendant. In Diamond, Christine Diamond was injured while riding as a passenger in a taxi that was involved in a collision with a second…