Joe Teig comments on Liability Issues in Casper Star
"Joe Teig, a partner with the Holland and Hart law firm, said Wyoming's lawmakers repealed the joint and several liability statutes because they agreed that it is not fair make a party pay 100 percent of damages if they are only partially to blame for the accident.
"Prior to 1986, if one defendant could be found in any amount of fault, they could be forced to pay all of the damages. Then they'd have to sue all the other parties (who shared some degree of fault) to get back the share they didn't cause," said Teig."
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