Contributory Negligence - Law Dictionary Search Results
Contributory negligence
Matched in: Term Contributory negligence
Negligence, contributory negligence
Matched in: Term Negligence, contributory negligence
contributory negligence
Matched in: Term contributory negligence
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Negligence
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comparative fault
plaintiff is reduced in proportion to the plaintiff's share of the fault : comparative negligence at negligence compare contributory negligence at negligence strict liability at liability
assumption of risk
assumed the risk of injury and relieved the defendant of the obligation to act with reasonable care compare contributory negligence at negligence, volenti non fit injuria NOTE: Assumption of risk may be express or may be implied from
defense
the evidence and arguments presented supporting the defendant's opposition see also accord, alibi, assumption of risk, coercion, consent contributory negligence at negligence, denial, diminished capacity, duress, entrapment, estoppel, fraud, infancy, insanity, intoxication, laches, mistake, necessity, res judicata, statute
last clear chance
last clear chance : a doctrine in the law of negligence: the contributory negligence of a plaintiff in putting himself or herself in peril will not bar recovery from a defendant who
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