There is a general partner who takes on the liability and the limited partners, who are many, are the participants who do not share the liability.

由普通合伙人承担责任,而其他多个有限合伙人,则不需要承担责任

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If the case proceeds in Delaware state court, Transocean might feel pressure to drag in Halliburton and Schlumberger, Brewer said, to try and share liability in a process known as inpleading.

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Since the start of 2010, the highest number of complaints -- 18, 196 -- related to damage claims for checked bags, problems for which airlines and the TSA share liability. (It's also the area that experienced the biggest decreases in recent complaint tallies.) In second place, at 10, 187, were complaints about treatment of personal property at security checkpoints.

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