Assume that $800,000 in damages are awarded to a plaintiff,and the CPA's percentage of responsibility established at 20%,while others are responsible for the other 80%.Assume the others have no financial resources.As a result the CPA has been required to pay the entire $800,000.The auditor's liability is most likely based upon which approach to assessing liability?

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Joint and several liability is a legal approach that allows a plaintiff to collect the entire amount of damages from one defendant in a multi-defendant case, regardless of their percentage of responsibility. In this case, since the others have no financial resources, the CPA has been required to pay the entire amount, based on joint and several liability. Absolute liability refers to liability regardless of fault, contributory negligence implies that the plaintiff's own negligence contributed to the damages, and proportional liability splits the damages among the defendants based on their percentage of responsibility.

Assume That $800,000 in Damages Are Awarded to a Plaintiff,and