Joint tortfeasors definition
Joint tortfeasors means two or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or
Joint tortfeasors means two or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property, whether or not judgment has been recovered against all or some of them. R.I. GEN. LAWS § 10-6-2 (2015). In other words, joint tortfeasors share all common liability. Any joint tortfeasor may be severally liable for the whole amount of a plaintiff’s damages. See generally Hawkins v. Gadoury, 713 A.2d 799, 802-03 (R.I. 1998).
Joint tortfeasors means two or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property, whether or not judgment has been recovered against all or some of them. R.I. GEN. LAWS § 10-6-2 (2008). In other words, joint tortfeasors share all common
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Joint tortfeasors means two or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property," id. § 10-6-2. As already discussed at length, the hearing officer's finding that Getty Marketing is not liable for failing to remediate the LNAPL contamination at the defendants' property. In re Getty Marketing Mktg., Inc., slip op. at 27, precludes the defendants from making the contrary showing that Getty Marketing is in fact liable for that contamination, see Part III.A.l, supra. As also already discussed, the preclusive effect of that finding on the defendants is undiminished by its lack of preclusive effect on the plaintiffs, who, unlike the defendants, were not parties to the DEM proceedings. See id.