Sections
8 entriesSection 1430Defines obligations imposed on several persons, and rights created in favor of several persons, as capable of being joint, several, or joint…Section 1431Establishes a presumption that an obligation imposed on several persons, or a right created for several persons, is joint rather than several,…Section 1431.1Establishes legislative findings and declarations of purpose, not an operative rule, stating that joint and several liability created inequities and economic burdens…Section 1431.2Limits each defendant’s liability for noneconomic damages in comparative-fault personal-injury, property-damage, or wrongful-death actions to that defendant’s proportional percentage of fault and…Section 1431.3Establishes that the measure does not alter the law of immunity. Existing immunity rules therefore remain unaffected by the measure, and nothing…Section 1431.4Allows the measure to be amended to further its purposes by a two-thirds rollcall vote in each house, gubernatorial signature, and delivery…Section 1431.5Establishes severability for the measure, preserving the remainder and unaffected applications if any provision or application to a person or circumstance is…Section 1432Allows a party to a joint or joint-and-several obligation who pays more than that party’s share of the total claim to require…