CHAPTER 32. CONTRIBUTION - Texas Statutes

CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE

TITLE 2. TRIAL, JUDGMENT, AND APPEAL

SUBTITLE C. JUDGMENTS

CHAPTER 32. CONTRIBUTION

Sec. 32.001. APPLICATION. (a) This chapter applies only to

tort actions.

(b) This chapter does not apply if a right of contribution,

indemnity, or recovery between defendants is provided by other

statute or by common law.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Sec. 32.002. RIGHT OF ACTION. A person against whom a judgment

is rendered has, on payment of the judgment, a right of action to

recover payment from each codefendant against whom judgment is

also rendered.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Sec. 32.003. RECOVERY. (a) The person may recover from each

codefendant against whom judgment is rendered an amount

determined by dividing the number of all liable defendants into

the total amount of the judgment.

(b) If a codefendant is insolvent, the person may recover from

each solvent codefendant an amount determined by dividing the

number of solvent defendants into the total amount of the

judgment.

(c) Each defendant in the judgment has a right to recover from

the insolvent defendant the amount the defendant has had to pay

because of the insolvency.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.