Joint and several liability refers to a shared responsibility for a debt or a judgment for negligence, in which each debtor or each judgment defendant is responsible for the entire amount of the debt or judgment. The person owed money can collect the entire amount from any of the debtors or defendants and not be limited to a share from each debtor. The entire judgment may be collected from any of the defendants found responsible, unless the court determines the percentage of negligence of each defendant which contributed to the injury.