Joint and several liability rule · Wisconsin
For Joint and several liability rule · Wisconsin, state is Wisconsin; rule type is Joint and several liability rule; joint liability rule is Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence if they are less than 51% at fault unless a defendant acted as part of a common scheme or plan; joint liability fault threshold is less than 51%; statutory citation is Wisconsin Statutes § 895.045(1)- 895.045(3), recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Wisconsin our reading
- Rule type
- Joint and several liability rule our reading
- Joint liability rule
- Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence if they are less than 51% at fault unless a defendant acted as part of a common scheme or plan. verified
- Joint liability fault threshold
- less than 51% verified
- Statutory citation
- Wisconsin Statutes § 895.045(1)- 895.045(3). verified
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What the source says
Yes. Defendants are responsible only for their proportionate share of negligence if they are less than 51% at fault unless a defendant acted as part of a common scheme or plan. Wisconsin Statutes § 895.045(1)- 895.045(3).
— ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ama-assn.orghttps://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf