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26 Berkeley J. Emp. & Lab. L. 65 (2005)
Apportionment of Liability in Workplace Injury Cases

handle is hein.journals/berkjemp26 and id is 71 raw text is: Apportionment of Liability in Workplace Injury Cases Andrew R. Kleint I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 65 II. THE D ILEM M A ............................................................................... 69 A. Workers' Compensation Background ................................... 69 B . A n Examp le ............................................................................ 71 III. WORKING WITH COMPARATIVE RESPONSIBILITY AND SEVERAL L IABILITY ..................................................................................... 73 A. Judicial Responses ................................................................ 73 B. Scholars'Approaches ......................................................... 78 IV. A NEW PROPOSAL ......................................................................... 80 A. The Basics: Several Liability ................................................ 80 B. Additional Complications ..................................................... 83 1. Joint and Several Liability with Reallocation ................ 84 2. Liability Based on Threshold ......................................... 86 C. The Problem of Insolvency .................................................. 89 V. SUGGESTIONS FOR STATUTORY REFORM ................................... 92 V I. C ONCLUSION ................................................................................. 93 I. INTRODUCTION Most scholars agree that the advent of comparative fault has been a positive development in tort law. The transition to comparative fault has not been easy, however, as states have grappled with its effects on a number i Paul E. Beam Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis. Thanks to Michael D. Green, who called this topic to my attention after addressing it as a Reporter for the American Law Institute's RESTATEMENT (THIRD) OF TORTS: APPORTIONMENT OF LIABILITY project. Professor Green provided considerable guidance and advice during my work on this Article. Thanks also to my colleague Larrie Wilkins for thoroughly engaging me on many of the issues raised in this Article, and to Dan Cole, Nicholas Georgakopoulos, and Susanah Mead for helpful comments on an earlier draft. Finally, thanks to Marissa Florio for providing excellent research assistance.

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