Joint and several liability rule · Mississippi
For Joint and several liability rule · Mississippi, state is Mississippi; rule type is Joint and several liability rule; joint liability rule is Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence except where they consciously or deliberately pursue a common plan or design to commit a tortious act or actively take part in it; statutory citation is Mississippi Code § 85-5- 7(2) and (4), recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Mississippi our reading
- Rule type
- Joint and several liability rule our reading
- Joint liability rule
- Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence except where they consciously or deliberately pursue a common plan or design to commit a tortious act or actively take part in it. verified
- Statutory citation
- Mississippi Code § 85-5- 7(2) and (4). verified
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What the source says
Yes. Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence except where they consciously or deliberately pursue a common plan or design to commit a tortious act or actively take part in it. Mississippi Code § 85-5- 7(2) and (4).
— ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ama-assn.orghttps://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf