Comparative Negligence
Posted Fri 12th Oct, 2012 | by Jennifer Crichton | on Legal Insights
Under Colorado law a Defendant is only liable for the percentage of fault attributed to him or her. For example, if Defendant Smith rear ends Plaintiff Jones, but the jury determines that he was only 80% at fault because Plaintiff Jones braked suddenly and is thus 20% at fault then he is only responsible for paying 80% of Plaintiff Jones’ damages award. If there is more than one Defendant then the same rule applies and …
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