Sentences with phrase «joint tortfeasors»
The phrase "joint tortfeasors" refers to multiple people or entities who share responsibility for causing harm or committing a wrongful act. They work together and are held accountable for the damages or injuries caused. Full definition
A and B were not joint tortfeasors.
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In that case, the court held that defendants who intend to assert fault on a non-party joint tortfeasor need to do so as an affirmative defense.
Recently in Illinois, the state supreme court held that a counterclaim for contribution by joint tortfeasors following an injurious truck accident was rightly dismissed, despite defendants» claims that a prior settlement was not reached in good faith because the settling defendant's conduct was intentional.
Where the same indivisible damage is caused by concurrent tortfeasors, ie joint tortfeasors liable for the same act, or tortfeasors who separately contribute to the same damage, each tortfeasor is liable for the whole of the damage.
They are concurrent tortfeasors, not joint tortfeasors.
In my view, it would not be appropriate, as a matter of course, for a joint tortfeasor found to be minimally responsible for an accident to be ordered to pay costs strictly in accordance with its liability to pay the damages.
Two recent Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decisions have cast doubt on previous authority relating to joint tortfeasors, and provided guidance relevant not only to discrimination claims but also to tort more generally.