# Joint and several liability rule · Ohio — Comparative fault system and joint and several liability rules by state

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.

- **State:** Ohio _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Rule type:** Joint and several liability rule _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Joint liability rule:** jointly and severally liable in tort for all compensatory damages that represent economic loss _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Joint liability fault threshold:** more than fifty per cent _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory citation:** Section 2307.22 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## 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.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statutory citation

> Section 2307.22 | Joint and several tort liability.

## Source

- https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-revised-code/section-2307.22

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
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