SMITH, Justice, for the Court:
¶ 1. Narkeeta Timber Co., Inc. and Lavon McCallum ask this Court to hold as a matter of first impression that under Mississippi's tortfeasor liability apportionment statute, Miss.Code Ann. § 85-5-7 (1999), the collective joint and several liability of all defendants contributing to a loss is fifty percent. In other words, Narkeeta and McCallum contend that the statute does not authorize a prevailing plaintiff to recover fifty...
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