Legal Opinion
Smiley v. Corrigan
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided January 10, 2002No. Docket 217466PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaad, J.
I. NATURE OF THE CASE
As part of Michigan’s tort reform legislation of 1995, 1 the Legislature replaced the common-law doctrine of joint and several liability among multiple tortfeasors with the doctrine of several liability. 2 Under the former system, any one of multiple tortfeasors could be responsible for all damages awarded to the plaintiff, notwithstanding that the individual tortfeasor was only partially at fault for the injuries or damages sustained by the plaintiff. Under the statutory several liability system, defendants now are only accountable for damages in proportion to their…
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- Neal v. Oakwood Hospital Corp.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1998
- Ganz v. United States Cycling FederationMontana Supreme Court · 1995
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