Conspiracy still = joint/several liability

Originally published by David Coale.

In the Fifth District of Texas, the law is clear that a civil-conspiracy finding “remains a valid basis for joint and several liability even when [TCPRC] Chapter 33’s joint and several liability conditions are not satisfied.” Guillory v. Dietrich, No. 05-18-00504-CV (Jan. 6, 2020), reinforced the Fifth Court’s prior holding on this point in LandAmerica Commonwealth Title Co. v. Wido, No. 05-14-00036-CV, 2015 WL 6545685 (Tex. App.–Dallas Oct. 29, 2015, no pet.) (mem. op.), noting the subsequent opinions in Agar Corp., Inc. v. Electro Circuits Int’l, LLC, 580 S.W.3d 136 (Tex. 2019), and Stephens v. Three Finger Black Shale P’ship, 580 S.W.3d 687 (Tex. App.–Eastland 2019, pet. filed)).

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