same liability, in most common law legal systems they may either be: severally liable, or jointly liable, or jointly and severally liable. In several or...

According to the Cato Institute, legal theories of joint and several liability (e.g. under Superfund) and requirements by courts that insurers pay to help...

share the profits of the firm in predefined proportions, and have joint and several liability for the debts of the partnership. As in a general partnership...

Vicarious liability is a form of a strict, secondary liability that arises under the common law doctrine of agency, respondeat superior, the responsibility...

actions, indirect liability for the tortious acts of others may arise by operation of law, notably through joint and several liability doctrines as well...

law and academia on this issue is very complex, but typically support holding intentional tortfeasors in a suit subject to joint and several liability. Further...

injured by the Partnership. General partners may have joint liability or joint and several liability depending upon circumstances. The limited partnership...

recognizes the concept of joint and several liability among tortfeasors, while many states do not. Under joint and several liability, where two or more people...

negligence nor contributory negligence should be confused with joint and several liability, which generally holds each of two or more culpable defendants responsible...

injury). In Australia, civil liability is governed by the Australian common law and the relevant statutes of the States and Territories. Most jurisdictions...

next to nothing." Senators Feinstein and Grassley described the bill's solution as joint and several liability and Senator Grassley said it would overturn...

also known as the McDonald's coffee case and the hot coffee lawsuit, was a highly publicized 1994 product liability lawsuit in the United States against the...

three general categories of torts: intentional torts, negligence, and strict liability torts. Intentional torts involve situations in which the defendant...

rule of joint and several liability, often replacing it with a rule of proportionate liability. Of the forty-six states that had a joint and several liability...

In criminal and civil law, strict liability is a standard of liability under which a person is legally responsible for the consequences flowing from an...

accident, even if the employee was on a frolic at the time. Joint and several liability "SAMPLE MARYLAND Q & A". barexamstrategy.com. Archived from the...

actions, there may be no liability. This rule does not usually apply to intentional torts (for example, tort of deceit), and also has stunted applicability...

jurisdiction, venue, and pleadings, as well certain areas of substantive law such as the statute of limitations and joint and several liability. The CPLR has...

architects and engineers: a construction professional may be accused of professional negligence for failing to meet professional standards in the design and construction...

law form of assault. The common law tort of assault did not allow for liability when a threat of battery was not imminent. A common case would be a future...

of a joint-stock company is often synonymous with incorporation (possession of legal personality separate from shareholders) and limited liability (shareholders...

acceptance, in later cases, of a new definition of "strict, joint, and several liability," so that even a "non-negligent defendant could be held liable...

are said to exist to some extent by both influence of constitution and tort liability, but cases filed to enforce such rights against shopping malls have...

Supreme Court case in which the court held that there is no joint and several liability for forfeitures in federal conspiracy judgments when a party...

are unable to appreciate the risk posed by the object, by imposing a liability on the landowner. The doctrine has been applied to hold landowners liable...

may decide on joint and several liability regulated by § 421 BGB, while internally there is sometimes a release from this liability. Joint ventures often...

included in civil liability legislation, thus excluding the threshold of injury and damages payouts from various legislated limitations and caps. But it is...

enacted several statutes on a case-by-case basis to deal with issues regularly faced by certain types of organizations, like joint-stock companies, and with...

to the liability for wrongful act and the amount of compensation, shall not be bound by the provisions of the criminal law concerning liability to punishment...

Product liability is the area of law in which manufacturers, distributors, suppliers, retailers, and others who make products available to the public are...