A proposal to abolish the common-law doctrine of joint and several liability has become law once in the last decade before being struck down by the state Supreme Court on procedural grounds. The same proposal was passed by the General Assembly in 2006, only to be vetoed by a Democratic governor.
But in 2011, the measure isn’t getting past a state Senate committee chairman in its original form, despite the fact that Republicans control the governor’s mansion and both houses of the state legislature.
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