alternative liability
- The shared responsibility placed on several parties involved in a legal wrong (like producing faulty components of a wheel by various producers), especially when it is not evident which action was the direct cause of harm
- In the case of a car accident caused by faulty brakes, the court may apply alternative liability to the car manufacturer and the brake producer.
- The principle of alternative liability was applied when it was unclear which company, who both disposed of toxic waste in the river, caused the environmental damage.
- The concept of alternative liability can be invoked when multiple drug companies produce a harmful drug, yet it is unclear which manufacturer's product directly resulted in harm to the patient.
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