What is contributory negligence?
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2014
- What is contributory negligence? This video discusses the traditional rule of contributory negligence which bars recovery for plaintiffs who negligently contribute to their own injuries. To discuss further please comment below and visit my blog and website.
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Very short and sweetly explained😊👍
thank you so much it actually helped me to understand contributory negligence
Thank you so much for this video👍
Very helpful. Thank you!
i am an engineering student who has no clue of laws, thank you very much for the examples and explanations
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Im studying risk management and insurance, thank you so much for this
I am also studying this area as well. Best of luck to you!
very nice and informative
Thank you for this sir
helpful thank you sir
it is clear to me what contributory negligence is.
Loved it simple enough love from 🇮🇳
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That's exactly what I am doing right now hillariou
A question to ask you sir... That both will pay equally for the damage caused due to negligence
States have different rules addressing situations where the plaintiff's own carelessness contributed to the injury. In some states a person's percentage of fault will decrease his recovery.by that amount. For example, plaintiff is 10% at fault so damages are reduced by 10%. In some states if plaintiff's degree of fault exceeds the defendant's degree of fault the plaintiff recovers nothing.
What if the plaintiff has 0.1% responsible? Does plaintiff get anything?
Is this a real question?
is its law if tort or law of torts
is answer chahiye
Salmond according law of torts Winfield tort
Contributory negligence. You get nothing. (States don't use this much anymore)
How are you going to end the video with: most states don't us it. Well which ones? And if they don't is the 99% and 1% rule different that what you explained. So Perry would have got zero in most states? What about the other states?
Only 4 states use Contributory Negligence:
North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Maryland
Oh and Washington DC uses Contributory Negligence too. North Dakota uses something like Slight Negligence, not much better than Contributory Negligence, basically if the Plaintiff is only slight at fault, they can still recover, but they don't say what percentage is slight, like 1-2%? That might as well be Contributory Negligence if that's the case, because I'm sure the Defendant will see that 3%+ worth taking to an attorney, since they now have the power to ask you pretty much anything to try and get it recorded so they can twist your words to take to a Jury and then find you 3%+ at fault. All the other 45 states have some type of Comparative Negligence law, some cap the fault for the Plaintiff at either 50% or 51%, then they can still recover minus their fault, but anything above those percentages, then you get nothing.
Contributory Negligence= get out of jail free for bootlicking corporations.
"He woke up this he must have done something to contribute!!!"
Exactly! I'm unfortunately in one of 4 states that still does Contributory Negligence where if you're found even 1% at fault, you get nothing. I was involved in a car accident where there was a company vehicle out in most of the lane of travel. It was around 6am, it was still dark outside, I was traveling on a curve at around 40mph, I saw the vehicle, I swerved to miss the vehicle, and I still made contact unfortunately. I was in the Hospital for 23 days, and my medical bills are over $600,000 from the accident. The other side says there was no vehicle coming in the other lane coming at me, so their claim is despite it being a double solid yellow lines, I should've had enough time to completely avoid the vehicle. I'm afraid the jury will find me somewhat at fault now. Oh well. Thankfully I live in North Carolina, where the Hospital can't garnish my wages for medical bills, and my bank accounts can't be frozen either, so I'm not worried about myself financially.
Edit: I want to buy a house one day, but I'm afraid this medical debt will prevent me from buying a house. I can still buy a house, and I plan on figuring out ways to get this medical debt reduced, and find resources that will help pay the rest, otherwise the Hospital and I can agree on a monthly payment, and then they can still send it to collections, and then I can get sued, they can win, and then they can take the house. I do need to get the agreement in writing though, I will do that.