| 1. | Blunt favors repeal of joint and several liability, Pryor said.
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| 2. | However, he does not embrace eliminating joint and several liability.
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| 3. | Ohio and Oklahoma have already modified their joint and several liability rules.
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| 4. | The legal term is " joint and several liability ."
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| 5. | Robb said elimination of joint and several liability would concern his organization.
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| 6. | Those doctrines are known as strict, retroactive and joint and several liability.
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| 7. | "Joint and several liability was critical here, " he explained.
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| 8. | Only in cases brought by individual consumers would joint and several liability still apply.
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| 9. | General partners may have joint liability or joint and several liability depending upon circumstances.
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| 10. | The bill also would limit an important legal tenet known as joint and several liability.
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