Joint and several liability rule · Washington

For Joint and several liability rule · Washington, state is Washington; rule type is Joint and several liability rule; joint liability rule is The liability of each defendant shall be several only and shall not be joint; statutory citation is RCW 4.22.070, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.

What the source says

Judgment shall be entered against each defendant except those who have been released by the claimant or are immune from liability to the claimant or have prevailed on any other individual defense against the claimant in an amount which represents that party's proportionate share of the claimant's total damages. The liability of each defendant shall be several only and shall not be joint except: (a) A party shall be responsible for the fault of another person or for payment of the proportionate share of another party where both were acting in concert or when a person was acting as an agent or servant of the party. (b) If the trier of fact determines that the claimant or party suffering bodily injury or incurring property damages was not at fault, the defendants against whom judgment is entered shall be jointly and severally liable for the sum of their proportionate shares of the claimants [claimant's] total damages.

— app.leg.wa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31

Where each value comes from

The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.

— all from app.leg.wa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31

Source

• app.leg.wa.govhttps://app.leg.wa.gov/RCW/default.aspx?cite=4.22.070

Last verified against source: 2026-08-31. Due for re-check by 2027-08-31. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.