Legal Opinion
Fuller v. Odom
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided July 14, 1987No. 65918PublishedCited by 180 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAUGER, Justice.
The only issue presented is whether the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act (Act), 51 O.S.Supp.1984 § 154(E), which limits the liability of a political subdivision to the percentage of total damages corresponding to its percentage of negligence, supersedes the general common law rule governing joint and several liability. We find that the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act abrogated the common law rule governing joint and several liability insofar as it relates to political subdivisions; that entities covered by the Act are severally liable in tort for the percentage of…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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3Cited by180 opinions
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