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Title: Fuller v. Odom
Author : South Carolina Supreme Court
Release Date : January 14, 1987
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 56 KB

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1 The only issue presented is whether the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act (Act), 51 O.S.Supp. 1984 ? 154 (E), which limits the liability of a political subdivision to the percentage of total damages corresponding to its percentage of negligence, supersedes the general common law rule governing joint and several liability. We find that the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act abrogated the common law rule governing joint and several liability insofar as it relates to political subdivisions; that entities covered by the Act are severally liable in tort for the percentage of total damages corresponding to their percentage of total negligence; and that recovery under the Act is limited to the percentage of negligence attributable to a governmental tortfeasor.