{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"joint and several liability","description":"Joint and several liability is a legal construct under which multiple debtors owe the same obligation, and the creditor may demand full performance from any one of them individually. In logistics, this situation arises regularly: if a shipment is damaged during a multimodal transport operation and a freight forwarder, a handling agent, and the main carrier all bear some responsibility, the claimant can pursue any single party for the entire compensation – regardless of that party's actual share ","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/joint-and-several-liability","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-19T00:57:00.095229","citation":"https://dejure.org/gesetze/BGB/421.html","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/joint-and-several-liability","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"joint and several liability · Joint and several liability is a legal construct under which multiple debtors owe the same obligation, and the creditor may demand full performance from any one of them individually. · Quelle: https://dejure.org/gesetze/BGB/421.html"}