Texas Civil Practice And Remedies Code Title 2, Chapter 33 - Proportionate Responsibility

SUBCHAPTER A PROPORTIONATE RESPONSIBILITY

• Texas Section 33.001 - Proportionate Responsibility
  In an action to which this chapter applies, a claimant may not recover damages if his percentage of responsibility is greater than 50 percent. Acts...
• Texas Section 33.002 - Applicability
  (a) This chapter applies to: (1) any cause of action based on tort in which a defendant, settling person, or responsible third party is found...
• Texas Section 33.003 - Determination Of Percentage Of Responsibility
  (a) The trier of fact, as to each cause of action asserted, shall determine the percentage of responsibility, stated in whole numbers, for the following...

SUBCHAPTER B CONTRIBUTION

• Texas Section 33.004 - Designation Of Responsible Third Party
  (a) A defendant may seek to designate a person as a responsible third party by filing a motion for leave to designate that person as...
• Texas Section 33.011 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Claimant" means a person seeking recovery of damages, including a plaintiff, counterclaimant, cross-claimant, or third-party plaintiff. In an action in which...
• Texas Section 33.012 - Amount Of Recovery
  (a) If the claimant is not barred from recovery under Section 33.001, the court shall reduce the amount of damages to be recovered by the...
• Texas Section 33.013 - Amount Of Liability
  (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), a liable defendant is liable to a claimant only for the percentage of the damages found by the...
• Texas Section 33.015 - Contribution
  (a) If a defendant who is jointly and severally liable under Section 33.013 pays a percentage of the damages for which the defendant is jointly...
• Texas Section 33.016 - Claim Against Contribution Defendant
  (a) In this section, "contribution defendant" means any defendant, counterdefendant, or third-party defendant from whom any party seeks contribution with respect to any portion of...
• Texas Section 33.017 - Preservation Of Existing Rights Of Indemnity
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect any rights of indemnity granted by any statute, by contract, or by common law. To the...

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