Is a plea of guilty in a civil case against a defendant who is also a defendant in the same civil case?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Home Indemnity Co. of New York v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co., 167 F.2d 919 (9th Cir. 1948):

Furthermore, it is well settled in California that a plea of guilty may be used as evidence against the same defendant in a civil case. In Langensand v. Obert, 129 Cal.App. 214, 218, 18 P.2d 725, 727, the court said:

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