National Farmers Union Property & Casualty Co. v. Frackelton

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that consolidation order did not “merge the consolidated suits into a single cause of action” or join the parties in each other’s actions
• “It is only necessary that ‘two or more persons become jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property.’ ”
• \It is only necessary that `two or more persons become jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property.'\
• comparison of fault can be made only between parties to the tort action not including absent tortfeasors
• “Rules of joint and several liability insure that plaintiffs will recover fully, while the contribution act insures that defendants will pay only their percentage share of liability.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).