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SMILEY v. CORRIGAN

Docket No. 217466.

638 N.W.2d 151 (2001)

248 Mich. App. 51

Helene Irene SMILEY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Helen H. CORRIGAN, Defendant-Appellant, and Tom Schall and Jawor'S U.S.A. Sports, Inc. Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Decided October 26, 2001, at 9:05 a.m.

Publication Released January 10, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simkins & Simkins, P.C. (by Kathy Ann Hosten), Northville, for the plaintiff.

Hopkins, Curran & Smith, PLLC (by Phillip K. Yeager), Grand Rapids, for the defendant.

Before: DOCTOROFF, P.J., and SAAD and WILDER, JJ.

SAAD, J.

I. Nature of the Case

As part of Michigan's tort reform legislation of 1995,1 the Legislature replaced the common-law doctrine of joint and several liability among multiple tortfeasors with the doctrine of several liability.2 Under the former system, any one of multiple tortfeasors could be responsible for all damages awarded to the plaintiff, notwithstanding that the individual tortfeasor...

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