Assertion: negligence | /r/CapableOf | contribute to the accident
Facets:
value: by 30 percent
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Plaintiff's Negligence Must Contribute to the Accident
text: Thus, both drivers' negligence contributed to the accident.
text: n. a doctrine of common law that if a person was injured in part due to his/her own negligence (his/her negligence "contributed" to the accident), the injured party would not be entitled to collect any damages (money) from another party who supposedly caused the accident.
text: Thus, both drivers' negligence contributed to the accident.
text: Assume further that the jury finds that Abby's own negligence contributed to the accident by 30 percent and Brian’s negligence contributed by 70 percent.
text: In Martin v. Herzog, the Court of Appeals found the plaintiff's traveling without lights an hour after sundown to be prima facie sufficient evidence of negligence contributing to the accident.
text: Under the doctrine of contributory negligence, Susie would not be able to collect damages from Tom for her injury or car, even though she was only speeding slightly, because her negligence contributed to the accident.
text: A defendant has to show that the plaintiff's negligence contributed to the accident.