It finally turned to
the joint and several liability rule under the Income Tax Act, which says that upon the death of the annuitant of a RRIF, the annuitant (or the annuitant's estate) and any recipient of RRIF proceeds are «jointly and severally liable to pay a part of the annuitant's tax» on the RRIF for the year of the annuitant's death.
The SC Civil Justice Coalition believes South Carolina must return to a modified
joint and several liability rule.
Not exact matches
The new
rules will introduce mandatory data breach notification for all,
joint and several liability for suppliers (data processors); tougher restrictions on the use of profiling
and the collection
and use of children's data; enhanced rights for individuals;
and a requirement for most organisations to appoint a data protection officer.
With the arrival of the new
rule and ruling by the Supreme Court that the law means what is says, many lawyers took that to mean that not only was
joint and several liability gone, but contribution
and indemnity lawsuits are gone too.
Joint and several liability is a
rule that allows the personal injury victim to sue for
and recover the full amount of damages from any one defendant.
When this situation arises,
rules regarding
joint and several liability may apply:
Bars application of the
rule of
joint and several liability in the recovery of noneconomic damages.
Bars application of the
rule joint and several liability in the recovery of all damages from defendants found to be less than 50 % at fault unless the defendant committed an intentional tort.
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Prohibits application of the
rule of
joint and several liability in actions for punitive damages, except for wrongful death actions, actions for intentional infliction of physical injury,
and class actions.