Opinion ID: 848689
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Heading: Plaintiff’s Pre-Treatment Negligence

Text: MCL 600.6304 generally provides that the trier of fact in a tort action shall determine by percent the comparative negligence of all those who are a proximate cause of the 7 plaintiff’s injury and subsequent damages. In relevant part § 6304 provides:
damages for personal injury . . . or wrongful death involving fault of more than 1 person, . . . the court . . . shall instruct the jury to answer special interrogatories or, if there is no jury, shall make findings indicating both of the following:
damages.
persons that contributed to the death or injury, including each plaintiff . . . .
under subsection (1)(b), the trier of fact shall consider both the nature of the conduct of each person at fault and the extent of the causal relation between the conduct and the damages claimed.