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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1977, chapter 617.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":61859,"section_number":"8.01-5","catch_line":"Effect of nonjoinder or misjoinder; limitation on joinder of insurance company","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.01-5\/"}],"permalink":{"id":277837,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64946,"identifier":"8.01-444","token":"8.01\/17\/3\/8.01-444","url":"\/8.01-444\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.01-444\/","token":"8.01\/17\/3\/8.01-444","dublin_core":{"Title":"Where new parties added; if some not liable, how judgment entered","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.01-444","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If it shall appear at the trial<\/span> that all the original defendants<\/span> are liable, but that one or more of the other persons<\/span> added under the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-5<\/a> are not liable, the plaintiff<\/span> shall be entitled to judgment<\/span>, or to verdict<\/span> and judgment<\/span>, as the case may be, against the defendants<\/span> who appear liable, and such as are not liable shall have judgment<\/span> and recover costs as against the plaintiff<\/span>, who shall be allowed the same as costs against the defendants<\/span> who cause them to be made parties.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nWHERE NEW PARTIES ADDED; IF SOME NOT LIABLE, HOW JUDGMENT ENTERED (\u00a7 8.01-444)\n\nIf it shall appear at the trial that all the original defendants are liable, but\nthat one or more of the other persons added under the provisions of \u00a7 8.01-5\nare not liable, the plaintiff shall be entitled to judgment, or to verdict and\njudgment, as the case may be, against the defendants who appear liable, and such\nas are not liable shall have judgment and recover costs as against the\nplaintiff, who shall be allowed the same as costs against the defendants who\ncause them to be made parties.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1950, \u00a7 8-369; 1977, c. 617.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}