apportionment of liability

apportionment of liability. Torts. The parceling out of liability for an injury among multiple tortfeasors, and possibly the plaintiff as well. • Apportionment of liability encompasses such legal doctrines as joint and several liability, comparative responsibility, indemnity, and settlements. See Restatement (Third) of Torts: Apportion-ment of Liability (1999). [Cases: Negligence 484, 549; Torts 22. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 154–156, 262–264; Torts §§ 39–44.]

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