If the court enters judgment against any party liable on the basis of joint and several liability, any party who is allocated less than fifty percent of the total fault allocated to all the parties may not be jointly liable for more than twice the percentage of fault allocated to that party.
S.D. Codified Laws § 15-8-15.1
Liability of party allocated less than fifty percent of total fault
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Western Consolidated Cooperative v. Pew (2011)
Most recently applied in Western Consolidated Cooperative v. Pew (March 2011)
Source: SL 1987, ch 154, § 1.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.