Sentences with phrase «pure comparative fault rule»

California operates under what is known as pure comparative fault rule.

Like 12 other U.S. states, Mississippi has adopted the pure comparative fault rule.

Like 12 other states, Washington adopted the pure comparative fault rule in negligence.

Like 12 other states, Missouri has adopted the pure comparative fault rule in negligence.

The state of California follows what is known as the pure comparative fault rule.

Because the state of California follows the pure comparative fault rule, you may find your compensation decreased if you were partly to blame for the accident.

Under the pure comparative fault rule, the injured person may collect damages, even if he or she was partially at fault in the accident, however the compensation received would be decreased by percentage of blame.

In some states, any fault assignable to you means you lose, but in California they follow the pure comparative fault rule, where your portion of the liability is deducted from an award (but you can still collect something if it was 99 % your fault).

California is among the 13 states that have a pure comparative fault rule.

Mississippi is one of the thirteen states that follow the pure comparative fault rule.