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Selected Works of Mario Rizzo
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Causal Apportionment in the Law of Torts
Columbia Law Review (1980)
  • Mario Rizzo
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Abstract
This article presents a theory and a technology of damage apportionment (in cases of joint, concurrent or successive torts) based on relative causal contributions. While the theory is developed along the lines of strict liability, it is also applicable, mutatis mutandis, to a negligence framework.
Keywords
  • apportionment,
  • damages,
  • causation,
  • joint torts,
  • strict liability,
  • comparative causation.
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Publication Date
October, 1980
Citation Information
Mario Rizzo. "Causal Apportionment in the Law of Torts" Columbia Law Review Vol. 80 Iss. 7 (1980)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mario_rizzo/7/