Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
concurrent tortfeasors — Those whose independent, negligent acts combined or concurred at one point in time to injure a third party. Radford Shelton & Associates Dental Laboratory, Inc. v. Saint Francis Hospital, Inc., Okl.App., 569 P.2d 506, 509. See also comparative… … Black's law dictionary
concurrent tortfeasors — Those whose independent, negligent acts combined or concurred at one point in time to injure a third party. Radford Shelton & Associates Dental Laboratory, Inc. v. Saint Francis Hospital, Inc., Okl.App., 569 P.2d 506, 509. See also comparative… … Black's law dictionary
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