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· 6/2/1944

In re Torre

Citations

  • 268 A.D. 754
  • 48 N.Y.S.2d 796
  • 1944 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3248

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  • analyzing jury instructions and interrogatories related thereto to determine respective responsibility between defendants for purposes of contribution
  • finding joint and several liability appropriate where the evidence established that plaintiff's brain damage was a single indivisible injury and the defendants failed to submit any evidence upon which a finder of fact could base an apportionment of damages
  • joint tortfeasors are jointly and severally liable for single, indivisible injury, and jury’s apportionment of responsibility among defendants is relevant only to define amount of contribution each defendant may claim from the others

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