Joint and several liability rule · Pennsylvania
For Joint and several liability rule · Pennsylvania, state is Pennsylvania; rule type is Joint and several liability rule; joint liability rule is Liability is several and not joint unless conduct involves an intentional misrepresentation or intentional tort or when the defendant has 60 percent or more of the judgment apportioned to him/her; joint liability fault threshold is 60 percent or more; statutory citation is 42 Pa. C.S. § 7102, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Pennsylvania our reading
- Rule type
- Joint and several liability rule our reading
- Joint liability rule
- Liability is several and not joint unless conduct involves an intentional misrepresentation or intentional tort or when the defendant has 60 percent or more of the judgment apportioned to him/her. verified
- Joint liability fault threshold
- 60 percent or more verified
- Statutory citation
- 42 Pa. C.S. § 7102. verified
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What the source says
Yes. Liability is several and not joint unless conduct involves an intentional misrepresentation or intentional tort or when the defendant has 60 percent or more of the judgment apportioned to him/her. 42 Pa. C.S. § 7102.
— ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ama-assn.orghttps://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf