Joint and several liability rule · Ohio

For Joint and several liability rule · Ohio, state is Ohio; rule type is Joint and several liability rule; joint liability rule is jointly and severally liable in tort for all compensatory damages that represent economic loss; joint liability fault threshold is more than fifty per cent; statutory citation is Section 2307.22, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

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What the source says

In a tort action in which the trier of fact determines that two or more persons proximately caused the same injury or loss to person or property or the same wrongful death and in which the trier of fact determines that more than fifty per cent of the tortious conduct is attributable to one defendant, that defendant shall be jointly and severally liable in tort for all compensatory damages that represent economic loss.

— codes.ohio.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31

Where each value comes from

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— all from codes.ohio.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31

Source

• codes.ohio.govhttps://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2307.22

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