 However, in "Barker v Corus (UK) plc" the House of Lords took "Fairchild" further and held that the parties who contributed to the risk were severally but not jointly liable.This meant that any single tortfeasor was liable to compensate the loss that the claimant suffered from mesothelioma only to the extent that that tortfeasor was itself responsible for the increase in risk.E.g.