1. They introduce competition among cadres and, to a lesser extent, between party and nonparty members where absolutely none existed before.

2. Indeed, the statutory language suggests that all that is required to be pled and proven is the nonparty's causal relationship to the plaintiff's injuries: "In order to allocate any or all fault to a nonparty and include the named or unnamed nonparty on the verdict form for purposes of Apportioning damages, a defendant must prove at trial, by a preponderance of the evidence, the fault of the

3. (1) A crucial element of this liability regime in negligence cases is a defendant tortfeasor's ability to plead and prove that a codefendant or nonparty caused and, therefore, should be Apportioned some or all of the fault for a plaintiff's injuries, reducing the defendant tortfeasor's liability accordingly.