§ 25-21,185.10 Civil actions to which contributory negligence is a defense; multiple defendants; joint and several liability; when; allocation of liability

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25-21,185.10. Civil actions to which contributory negligence is a defense; multiple defendants; joint and several
liability; when; allocation of liability

    In an action involving more than one defendant when two or more defendants as part of a common enterprise or plan act in concert and cause harm, the liability of each such defendant for economic and noneconomic damages shall be joint and several.

    In any other action involving more than one defendant, the liability of each defendant for economic damages shall be joint and several and the liability of each defendant for noneconomic damages shall be several only and shall not be joint. Each defendant shall be liable only for the amount of noneconomic damages allocated to that defendant in direct proportion to that defendant's percentage of negligence, and a separate judgment shall be rendered against that defendant for that amount.