Joint and several liability rule · West Virginia
What is the statutory citation for Joint and several liability rule · West Virginia?
For Joint and several liability rule, state is West Virginia; statutory citation is 55-7-13c, recorded from its source on 2026-09-03.
(a) In any action for damages, the liability of each defendant for compensatory damages shall be several only and may not be joint. Each defendant shall be liable only for the amount of compensatory damages allocated to that defendant in direct proportion to that defendant's percentage of fault, and a separate judgment shall be rendered against each defendant for his or her share of that amount. However, joint liability may be imposed on two or more defendants who consciously conspire and deliberately pursue a common plan or design to commit a tortious act or omission. Any person held jointly liable under this section shall have a right of contribution from other defendants that acted in concert.
— code.wvlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-03
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- West Virginia our reading
- Rule type
- Joint and several liability rule our reading
- Joint liability rule
- the liability of each defendant for compensatory damages shall be several only and may not be joint. Each defendant shall be liable only for the amount of compensatory damages allocated to that defendant in direct proportion to that defendant's percentage of fault, and a separate judgment shall be rendered against each defendant for his or her share of that amount. However, joint liability may be imposed on two or more defendants who consciously conspire and deliberately pursue a common plan or design to commit a tortious act or omission verified
- Statutory citation
- 55-7-13c verified
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Statutory citation
§55-7-13c. Liability to be several; amount of judgment; allocation of fault.
— all from code.wvlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-09-03
Source
- code.wvlegislature.govhttps://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-7-13c/