In North Carolina, any negligence at all would disqualify a personal injury plaintiff from collecting compensation. Despite suffering grievous, even life-threatening injuries in an accident, a pedestrian would not be able to be compensated if they were at fault in any way, regardless of how little their negligence contributed to the crash. This is because of contributory negligence. Even if a plaintiff is found to be a mere 10 percent at fault for the accident, for example, they forfeit the right to compensation.