Torts II
Joint Tortfeasor
Joint tortfeasors are people whose concurrent negligence contributed to cause plaintiff's injuries.
There are three types of joint tortfeasors:
- True joint tortfeasors who acted in concert
- If only one actually did the harm, the other must have incited him to do it, not just have been there.
- Individual defendants who fail to perform a common duty to the plaintiff
- Individual defendants who independently contribute to a single, individual harm
At common law, plaintiffs could not sue joint tortfeasors separately, but states have since changed this.