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urn: "urn:us-la:civcode:art:1800"
article_number: "1800"
status: active
heading: "Solidary liability for damages"
breadcrumb: "Book III › Title III › Chapter 3 › Section 5"
source_url: "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=109037"
acts_citations_raw: "Acts 1984, No. 331, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1985."
acts_citations:
  - act_year: 1984
    act_number: 331
    section: 1
    effective_date: 1985-01-01
    role: enactment
schema_version: "1.0.0"
---

# Art. 1800. Solidary liability for damages

A failure to perform a solidary obligation through the fault of one obligor renders all the obligors solidarily liable for the resulting damages. In that case, the obligors not at fault have their remedy against the obligor at fault.