Joint and several liability rule · Connecticut
For Joint and several liability rule · Connecticut, state is Connecticut; rule type is Joint and several liability rule; statutory citation is Connecticut General Statutes § 52-572h(c), recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Connecticut our reading
- Rule type
- Joint and several liability rule our reading
- Joint liability rule
- Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence. However, if within one year after the final judgment the court determines that all or part of a defendant’s proportionate share is uncollectible, it shall reallocate the uncollectible non-economic damages among other defendants according to their percentages of negligence. verified
- Statutory citation
- Connecticut General Statutes § 52-572h(c). verified
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What the source says
Yes. Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence. However, if within one year after the final judgment the court determines that all or part of a defendant’s proportionate share is uncollectible, it shall reallocate the uncollectible non-economic damages among other defendants according to their percentages of negligence.
— ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
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Statutory citation
amount greater than that defendant’s percentage of negligence multiplied by such uncollectible amount. Connecticut General Statutes § 52-572h(c).
— all from ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ama-assn.orghttps://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf