Joint and several liability is most relevant in tort claims, whereby a plaintiff may recover all the damages from any of the defendants regardless of their individual share of the liability.
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Byrd and Scott favor outright elimination of joint and several liability, meaning that defendants could not be held liable for a larger percentage of fault than what a jury assigns them.
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The Lindsey-Sperling memo lays out a number of different ways states have tackled joint and several liability and the possibility that Clinton could adopt one of the those statutes, the officials said.
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Defenders of the principle of joint and several liability further argue that it protects victims from being under-compensated if one of the defendants cannot pay his or her share of proportionate liability.
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But the 1995 securities reform act reduced the liability of such third parties from " joint and several liability " to a level of liability " proportionate " to the party's wrongdoing.
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Some of the worst scams in recent history would have left the defrauded investors with little or no recourse if the " joint and several liability " limit had been in effect.
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Neither comparative negligence nor contributory negligence should be confused with joint and several liability, which generally holds each of two or more culpable defendants responsible for all the damages sustained by a plaintiff.
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Five issues-- punitive damages, deceptive trade, venue, " joint and several liability " and medical malpractice-- are almost sure to come to a legislative vote this year, said state Sen . David Sibley, R-Waco.
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In the United States, 46 of the 50 states have a rule of joint and several liability, although in response to " tort reform " efforts, some have limited the applicability of the rule.
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The 1981 jury verdict of joint and several liability for $ 45, 000 against Safeway Stores and the City of Oakland was upheld in full by the Supreme Court of California on December 26, 1986.
