Sentences with phrase «contributory negligence standard»

Under Maryland's contributory negligence standard, if the victim is found to have been 1 % negligent and that negligence contributed — even minutely — to the plaintiff's own injuries, it bars them from seeking damages of any kind.

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Second, the decision speaks to the fact that although a defendant occupier may fail to meet the standard of care prescribed by section 4 of the OLA, the court may still ascribe some liability to the plaintiff for contributory negligence.

Maryland is one of five states that follows the fairly harsh doctrine of «contributory negligence,» which is why it is imperative to turn to an auto accident lawyer in Gaithersburg MD who is familiar with this strict state standard.

But escaping partial liability is vitally important in the state of Washington because of a standard called contributory negligence.

In American law, personal injury statutes are generally either based on a contributory negligence or a comparative negligence standard.

Fundamental to understanding how liability is determined in commercial trucking wrecks in Washington is a general awareness of the standard of contributory negligence.

Fortunately for negligence victims in Kentucky, this standard, called contributory negligence, is not the law in this state.

The trial court decided that the «but for» standard applies and the contributory negligence defense was not appropriate in this case.

To determine whether your conduct constitutes contributory negligence, the legal standard is whether you used the ordinary care that a reasonable person would use — the same standard applies to you and the other individual (s) involved in the accident.

Virginia applies a standard to your conduct called contributory negligence: If your own conduct contributed to your injuries in any way — even if you were at fault 1 % and another person was 99 % at fault — Virginia law does not permit you to make a personal injury claim against the other person.

The Court of Appeal clearly explains the analysis for contributory negligence, which it defines as «a plaintiff's failure to meet the standard of care to which he is required to conform for his own protection and which is a legally contributing cause, together with the defendant's default, in bringing about his injury...» (para. 13).