Joint and Several Liability Minnesota Style

William Mitchell Law Review Volume 15 Issue 4 Article 3 1989 Joint and Several Liability Minnesota Style Michael K. Steenson Mitchell Hamline School of Law, mike.steenson@mitchellhamline.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://open.mitchellhamline.edu/wmlr Part of the Torts Commons Recommended Citation Steenson, Michael K. (1989) "Joint and Several Liability Minnesota Style," William Mitchell Law Review: Vol. 15: Iss. 4, Article 3. Available at: http://open.mitchellhamline.edu/wmlr/vol15/iss4/3 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Reviews and Journals at Mitchell Hamline Open Access. It has been accepted for inclusion in William Mitchell Law Review by an authorized administrator of Mitchell Hamline Open Access. For more information, please contact sean.felhofer@mitchellhamline.edu. Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Steenson: Joint and Several Liability Minnesota Style William Mitchell College of Law Mitchell Open Access Faculty Scholarship 1989 Joint and Several Liability Minnesota Style Michael K. Steenson William Mitchell College of Law, mike.steenson@wmitchell.edu Publication Information 15 William Mitchell Law Review 969 (1989) Repository Citation Steenson, Michael K., "Joint and Several Liability Minnesota Style" (1989). Faculty Scholarship. Paper 76. http://open.wmitchell.edu/facsch/76 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Mitchell Open Access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Scholarship by an authorized administrator of Mitchell Open Access. Published by Mitchell Hamline Open Access, 1989 1

William Mitchell Law Review, Vol. 15, Iss. 4 [1989], Art. 3 Joint and Several Liability Minnesota Style Abstract This article examines the rule of joint and several liability as it was adopted, modified, and applied in Minnesota circa 1989. The article first examines the judicial origins and applications of the rule in Minnesota. It then analyzes the impact of the comparative negligence and fault legislation on the rule of joint and several liability, including the limitations imposed on the rule in 1978, 1986, and 1988. Finally, it makes some suggestions for interpreting joint and several liability legislation that are consistent with the legislative history of the legislation as well as with Minnesota Supreme Court decisions concerning aggregation under the Comparative Fault Act. Keywords Torts, Minnesota law, joint liability, personal injury, contributory fault, comparative negligence, negligence, loss reallocation Disciplines Torts This article is available at Mitchell Open Access: http://open.wmitchell.edu/facsch/76 http://open.mitchellhamline.edu/wmlr/vol15/iss4/3 2

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