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Patricia Schroeder: “If joint and several is so terrible, then joint and several liability should be removed for both compensatory and…”

On the recordMarch 9, 1995
If joint and several is so terrible, then joint and several liability should be removed for both compensatory and noneconomic damages, and it is not. They are keeping it for one and taking it away for another, which is saying that family values do not count.
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Patricia Schroeder
Colorado

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Addressing the issue of joint and several liability in a legislative debate.

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