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Contributory Negligence and Comparative Fault
Learn about a means to eliminate or reduce damages in a negligence case by demonstrating that the plaintiff bore some of the responsibility.
Transcript
Now, let's talk about contributory negligence and comparative fault. Both of these doctrines provide a way for the defendant to eliminate or reduce the amount of damages he has to pay, owing to the fact that the plaintiff’s own negligence contributed causally to the occurrence of her injury.
I. Contributory Negligence
We'll start with contributory negligence. As we will soon see, contributory negligence is a very harsh doctrine, so much so that most jurisdictions have done away with it...
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