| 1. | But lawmakers retained joint liability in cases involving hazardous wastes and landfills.
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| 2. | Many microcredit institutions use solidarity groups essentially as a form of joint liability.
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| 3. | SB 1450 would remove joint liability as it applies to personal injury suits.
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| 4. | Plaintiffs in those suits have maintained that joint liability still applies.
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| 5. | General partners may have joint liability or joint and several liability depending upon circumstances.
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| 6. | The measure retains full joint liability for defendants who knowingly engage in fraudulent activity.
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| 7. | After 2001, the majority of mortgage bonds were issued without the joint liability of borrowers.
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| 8. | Now, joint liability is under attack from several quarters.
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| 9. | Joint liability was enacted in 1938, a time when fewer women held jobs and divorce was less common.
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| 10. | This year's bill would bar so-called joint liability for non-economic damages, in effect making a plaintiff choose one target.
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