California personal injury attorney Neil Shouse explains the legal concept of "joint and several liability".
"Joint and several liability" comes into effect when more than one party is liable for a personal injury claim. When there are multiple people or entities who acted negligently and caused damages to another party, the injured party can sue any of the negligent actors in the case.
Under California joint and several liability law, even if the party who is sued was not 100% responsible, they may still have to pay the plaintiff for 100% of the financial damages. However in that example, the defendant who was found liable is legally entitled to sue the other negligent parties, in order to get reimbursed for the share of the payout owed.
Joint and several liability only applies to financial damages such as current and future medical bills, cost of rehabilitation or other treatment, legal fees, damage to property, loss of income, and lost earning capacity.
Joint and several liability does NOT apply to non-economic damages such as pain and suffering, loss of consortium, emotional distress, physical impairment (such as loss of the use of a limb or organ), disfigurement, inconvenience, or loss of life enjoyment.
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