1603 - Burdens of proof.

§  1603.  Burdens  of  proof.  In  any action or claim for damages for  personal injury a party asserting that the limitations on liability  set  forth  in  this  article  do  not  apply  shall  allege  and  prove by a  preponderance of the evidence that one or more  of  the  exemptions  set  forth  in  subdivision  one  of  section  sixteen hundred one or section  sixteen  hundred  two  applies.  A  party  asserting  limited  liability  pursuant  to  this  article  shall  have  the  burden  of  proving  by a  preponderance  of  the  evidence  its  equitable  share  of  the   total  liability.