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House Amendment 1460

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  1  1    Amend House File 693 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 9, by striking lines 12 through 15 and
  1  3 inserting the following:  "and severable liability
  1  4 shall not apply to defendants who are found to bear
  1  5 less than fifty percent of the total fault assigned to
  1  6 all parties.  However, a defendant found to bear fifty
  1  7 percent or more of fault shall only be jointly and
  1  8 severally liable for economic damages and not for any
  1  9 noneconomic damage awards.  In actions brought under
  1 10 this chapter, the rule of joint and several liability
  1 11 shall apply when the plaintiff is found to bear no
  1 12 fault." 
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  1 15                               
  1 16 MORELAND of Wapello
  1 17 HF 693.207 77
  1 18 tm/jj/28
     
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