Alpha Corp Recently Suffered Two Losses

question 78

True/False

Alpha Corp recently suffered two losses.First,as a result of the carelessness of its financial adviser,Jewel,it lost $100 000 when it invested in worthless shares.Second,in a separate incident,it lost $50 000 when its lawyer,Maia,failed to file a certain document at the land registry office on time.Both Jewel and Maia are liable to Alpha for the tort of negligence.The doctrine of joint and several liability,would therefore always apply as there are two tortfeasors.Alpha is entitled to claim $150 000 from Jewel,and Jewel would then be entitled to claim $50 000 in contribution from Maia.

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