CHAPTER 32. CONTRIBUTION
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.