Joint and several liability rule · South Carolina
For Joint and several liability rule · South Carolina, state is South Carolina; rule type is Joint and several liability rule; joint liability rule is Defendants who are equal to or greater than 50% at fault can be held jointly and severally liable; joint liability fault threshold is equal to or greater than 50%; statutory citation is South Carolina Code § 15-38-15, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- South Carolina our reading
- Rule type
- Joint and several liability rule our reading
- Joint liability rule
- Defendants who are equal to or greater than 50% at fault can be held jointly and severally liable. verified
- Joint liability fault threshold
- equal to or greater than 50% verified
- Statutory citation
- South Carolina Code § 15-38-15. verified
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What the source says
negligence. Defendants who are equal to or greater than 50% at fault can be held jointly and severally liable. South Carolina Code § 15-38-15.
— ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ama-assn.orghttps://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf