Sentence examples for contributory negligence from inspiring English sources

In states that operate under contributory negligence laws, you cannot win a claim if you were the least bit negligent, even as little as 1%.[9] The states that use contributory negligence are Alabama, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia.

Damages were assessed at only 50% because of the man's own contributory negligence.

At least one state, Nebraska, would presume that using a cell phone at the time of an accident constituted contributory negligence, he said.

In a state with a contributory negligence rule, the aggrieved party cannot recover damages if he is found to be even 1 percent at fault.

He pleaded guilty to D.U.I. manslaughter, a felony, and spent 24 days in jail, a light sentence given, in part, because of claims of contributory negligence by the pedestrian, who was not in a crosswalk when he was struck.

In a separate March 31 filing, the choir said the damage alleged by the student was caused both by his "culpable conduct" and by the "contributory negligence and/or assumption of risk of plaintiff or other parties".

Depending on the state and how the definition is applied, negligence can be deemed contributory or comparative, Mr. Ditlow wrote later in an e-mail.

An employers' liability law was passed in 1898 for accidents at work irrespective of negligence, and in 1910 modest contributory pensions were introduced for industrial and agricultural workers.

More Negligence.

Almost criminal negligence?

The negligence had outraged her.