Contributory negligence in common-law jurisdictions is generally a defense to a claim based on negligence, an action in Tort. This principle is relevant to the determination of liability and is applicable when plaintiffs/claimants have, through their own negligence, contributed to the harm they suffered. It can also be applied by the Court in a To...
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A legal doctrine that prevents the plaintiff in a civil action from recovering against a defendant for his/her negligence if the plaintiff was also negligent. New Mexico has abandoned the doctrine of contributory negligence in favor of comparative negligence.
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in law, behaviour that contributes to one`s own injury or loss and fails to meet the standard of prudence that one should observe for one`s own ... [2 related articles]
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Consideration given to the behaviour of an injured person which determines a proportion of blame and causes the damages awarded to be reduced accordingly.
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This where a court decides that you have contributed in some way to the accident you have suffered at the hands of a third party. The more responsibility a court decides you have, the less compensation you will receive. For example, where a driver crashes a vehicle and a passenger was not wearing a seatbelt. The passenger will receive damages (comp...
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The failure by a claimant to take reasonable care for his own safety when, if had done so, the injury of which he complains would not have happened or would have been less serious. If a claimant is found to have been partly to blame, his damages are likely to be reduced in proportion.
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Negligence, by which a person contributes to the happening of an accident to him or herself, for which others are partially, or even mainly responsible. The injured person will not be entitled to recover full damages for the injury if it can be shown that, except for his or her negligence, the accident would not have occurred.
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Prevents a party from recovering for damages if he or she contributed in any way to the injury. Not all states follow this system.
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A doctrine of common law that if a person's own negligence contributes to causing an accident in which that person is injured, the injured party can't collect any damages (money) from another party who caused the accident. Because this doctrine often ended in unfair results (where a person only slightly negligent was prohibited from recovering dama...
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Legal doctrine that says if plaintiff in a civil action for negligence was also negligent, he/she cannot recover damages from defendant for defendant's negligence. Most jurisdictions have abandoned this doctrine in favor of comparative negligence.
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n] - (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant`s negligence
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Partial responsibility of a claimant for the injury in respect of which he/she claims damages
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noun (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant`s negligence; `in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages`
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negligence on the part of an injured party that combines with the negligence of another in causing the injury, sometimes so as to diminish or bar the recovery of damages for the injury.
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