Law of indivisible injury

{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002943",
  "term": "Law of indivisible injury",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal principle, primarily in tort law, stating that if multiple defendants contribute to an injury that cannot be reasonably apportioned among them, each defendant can be held jointly and severally liable for the entire harm. This applies when the injury is a single, undifferentiated outcome. The burden then shifts to the defendants to prove their respective shares of causation.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/law-of-indivisible-injury/"
}