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Apportioning Liability in Maryland Tort Cases: Time to End Contributory Negligence and Joint and Several Liability

Donald G. Gifford, Christopher J. Robinette

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Annual.pdf (last visited Feb. 25, 2014) (reporting that a plurality of Maryland businesses surveyed indicated that the state's business climate was "antibusiness" or "business unfriendly" and citing taxes as "the greatest disadvantage to doing business in the state"); State Lawsuit Climates: Maryland, U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INST.FOR LEGAL REFORM, http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/states/maryland (last visited Feb. 25, 2014) (ranking Maryland thirty-third among fifty states in the fairness and reasonableness of its lawsuit climate in 2012).The neighboring state of Delaware, a comparative negligence jurisdiction, ranked first in the fairness of its litigation environment, also in 2012.

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Annual.pdf (last visited Feb. 25, 2014) (reporting that a plurality of Maryland businesses surveyed indicated that the state's business climate was "antibusiness" or "business unfriendly" and citing taxes as "the greatest disadvantage to doing business in the state"); State Lawsuit Climates: Maryland, U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INST.FOR LEGAL REFORM, http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/states/maryland (last visited Feb. 25, 2014) (ranking Maryland thirty-third among fifty states in the fairness and reasonableness of its lawsuit climate in 2012).The neighboring state of Delaware, a comparative negligence jurisdiction, ranked first in the fairness of its litigation environment, also in 2012.

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Annual.pdf (last visited Feb. 25, 2014) (reporting that a plurality of Maryland businesses surveyed indicated that the state's business climate was "antibusiness" or "business unfriendly" and citing taxes as "the greatest disadvantage to doing business in the state"); State Lawsuit Climates: Maryland, U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INST.FOR LEGAL REFORM, http://www.instituteforlegalreform.com/states/maryland (last visited Feb. 25, 2014) (ranking Maryland thirty-third among fifty states in the fairness and reasonableness of its lawsuit climate in 2012).The neighboring state of Delaware, a comparative negligence jurisdiction, ranked first in the fairness of its litigation environment, also in 2012.

Key concepts: Joint and several liability, Contributory negligence, Tort, Liability, Business, Strict liability, Joint (building), Actuarial science

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