The phrase "apportion liability" is correct and can be used in written English.
The phrase means to assign or divide responsibility for something. Example Sentence: The company attempted to apportion liability between the two parties involved.
Creating a formula for how to apportion liability will in some cases depend on the broader case between the league and its players now in federal court in Pennsylvania.
Barbier has set the first big trial in the case for February 2012, which is when he is expected to apportion liability among the defendants involved with the blowout.
while the latter does scot free". (Prosser, Law of Torts, supra, § 50, p. 307). From the crude all-or-nothing rule of traditional indemnity doctrine, and the similarly inflexible per capita division of the narrowly circumscribed contribution statute, we have progressed to the more refined stage of permitting the jury to apportion liability in accordance with the tortfeasors' comparative fault.
If the court finds that more than 1 defendant has contributed to the loss of a victim, the court may make each defendant liable for payment of the full amount of restitution or may apportion liability among the defendants to reflect the level of contribution to the victim's loss and economic circumstances of each defendant.
All that remains is to apportion liability, which is within the courts' wheelhouse.
"If the oil company took the barrel of oil out of the ground but it was consumed in the car, how do you apportion liability?" Olszynski asked.
Yet, in this case, apportioning liability based upon a manufacturer defendant's share of the market (even if it were possible to obtain an accurate statistic considering the lengthy relevant time period at question) would not serve to approximate that defendant's responsibility for injuries caused by its lead paint.
One of the primary jobs of insurance companies is to apportion this liability.
Programs must include feedback that can be used to properly apportion legal liability.
Kok Soo Chon, who led the investigation team, told Malaysia's official Bernama news agency that the sole objective of the investigation was to prevent future accidents or incidents, not apportion blame or liability.
