You may be able to recover compensation even if you were partially responsible for your own injuries. Per Louisiana Civil Code (CC) §2323, accident victims may still seek a payout for damages when they contributed to their own injuries. However, the judge and jury will reduce their payout based on their percentage of fault. For example, imagine a judge determined that a plaintiff is 10 percent responsible for an accident that caused $100,000 in damages. The recoverable award, in this case, would also go down by 10 percent. The maximum recovery would be $90,000.