Joint and Several Liability Reform: SB 1494 (1995).

New Jersey

Bars application of the rule of joint and several liability in the recovery of all damages from defendants found to be less than 60% at fault.  (The law formerly extended the 60% threshold for noneconomic damages only.)  The reform does not apply to toxic torts.

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