ADVERTISEMENT Pa. Court Affirms Decision Rethinking Shared Liability Rules Law360 (May 25, 2021, 5:14 PM EDT) -- The Pennsylvania Superior Court has shot down a petition seeking reargument following a controversial decision suggesting that a state law largely barring joint and several liability only applies when a plaintiff's own negligence is called into question. The March ruling had drawn the ire of defense bar organizations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, which argued that it threatened a decade-old understanding that the state's so-called Fair Share Act barred defendants from being put on the hook for the entirety of a damages award in multiple-defendant negligence cases.