Strict Joint and Several Liability and Justice

The American tort system regularly conducts a sort of lottery in which plaintiffs try to name as many defendants in a tort action as they can in order to collect a large judgment from at least one of them. This procedure is encouraged under strict joint and several liability, which permits plaintiff...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of business ethics 2003-10, Vol.47 (3), p.199-208
1. Verfasser:	Cooley, D. R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Business ethics Business structures Business studies Compensation Defendants Ethics Financial liabilities Joint liability Justice Law Legal liability Liability Morality Plaintiffs Settlements & damages Several liability State court decisions State laws Studies Tort law Torts U.S.A Utilitarianism Victim compensation
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