Joint and several liability rule · Texas
For Joint and several liability rule · Texas, state is Texas; rule type is Joint and several liability rule; joint liability rule is Named defendants are held responsible only for the portion of fault attributable to them, unless a defendant is more than 51% at fault; joint liability fault threshold is more than 51%; statutory citation is Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 33.013(a), recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Texas our reading
- Rule type
- Joint and several liability rule our reading
- Joint liability rule
- Named defendants are held responsible only for the portion of fault attributable to them, unless a defendant is more than 51% at fault. verified
- Joint liability fault threshold
- more than 51% verified
- Statutory citation
- Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 33.013(a). verified
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What the source says
Yes. Named defendants are held responsible only for the portion of fault attributable to them, unless a defendant is more than 51% at fault. Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 33.013(a).
— ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ama-assn.orghttps://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf