Jeffrey Watts, Cross-Appellee v. James Laurent, Youth Supervisor Ii., Cross

How courts have described this case

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• concluding, in section 1983 context, that “[i]t is axiomatic that where several independent actors concurrently or consecutively produce a single, indivisible injury, each actor will be held jointly and severally liable for the entire injury”
• imposing joint and several liability in a section 1983 case and noting that \[f]ederal common law principles of tort and damages govern recovery under section 1983\
• imposing joint and several liabil‐ ity in a section 1983 case and noting that “[f]ederal common law principles of tort and damages govern recovery under section 1983”
• imposing joint and several liabil‐ ity in a section 1983 case and noting that “[f]ederal common law principles of tort and damages govern recovery under section 1983”
• imposing joint and several liabil‐ ity in a section 1983 case and noting that “[f]ederal common law principles of tort and damages govern recovery under section 1983”
• court resolved similar ambiguity of jury verdict by giving plaintiff option of accepting the damages award or taking a new trial on damages and risking a lower award

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