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The Constitutional Validity Of The Modification Of Joint And Several Liability In The Washington Tort Reform Act Of 1986, Gregory C. Sisk

Seattle University Law Review

With the Washington Supreme Court having recently invalidated the statutory cap placed on awards of noneconomic damages to tort plaintiffs as a violation of the state constitutional right to a jury trial, we may expect an increasing onslaught upon other controversial provisions of the Washington Tort Reform Act of 1986. In particular, the modification of the common law doctrine of joint and several liability, which was also accomplished by the Tort Reform Act and is codified at section 4.22.070 of the Washington Revised Code, has already become a target of plaintiffs' attorneys in tort litigation and has also come under …