· 6/24/2009
Bay Rock Operating Co. v. St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Co.
Citations
- 298 S.W.3d 216
- 2009 WL 856040
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting a 51% defendant’s argument that it was unfair for it to be jointly and severally liable for the additional 49% damages attributed to responsible third party that was immune from suit
- “mathematically, only one person can be greater than 50% responsible; therefore, at most, only one defendant can ever be jointly and severally liable under the statute.”
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Judges: Stone, Angelini, Speedlin
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