As state Sen. Jake Corman fought back a proposal to temper changes to Pennsylvania’s joint and several liability doctrine, he said the original proposal to limit the circumstances under which a defendant has to pay for another defendant’s part of a judgment was the result of a compromise struck back in 2002.
The state Senate voted Monday 28-22 and Tuesday 32-18 to amend Senate Bill 1131 to strip it of exceptions that would have maintained the application of joint and several liability to economic damages and cases involving the interests of minors.
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