n. a doctrine of common law that if a person was injured in part ...

Negligence of a plaintiff constituting a partial cause or aggravation of his or her injury. This doctrine bars relief to the plaintiff in a lawsuit if the plaintiff's own negligence contribu [..]

Lack of care by the injured person when such lack of care helps to cause the accident. Under common law, contributory negligence may bar the right to recover damages.

A standard of law in which a party cannot collect damages for a loss for which he or she is in any way at fault, even if someone else's fault is greater. Only a few states apply this standard.

A doctrine of common law that if a person's own negligence contributes to causing an accident in which that person is injured, the injured party can't collect any damages (money) from anothe [..]

Definition A legal concept stating that the insured may have contributed to his or her own injury. This may be because he or she did not take proper precautions.

see negligence

A legal doctrine that precludes recovery for damage if the plaintiff has contributed to the loss.

Contributory negligence is a doctrine of common law that if a person was injured in part due to his/her own negligence  the injured party was barred from recovering any damages (money) from another pa [..]

Legal doctrine that says if plaintiff in a civil action for negligence was also negligent, he/she cannot recover damages from defendant for defendant's negligence. Most jurisdictions have abandoned this doctrine in favor of comparative negligence.

A legal doctrine that prevents the plaintiff in a civil action from recovering against a defendant for his/her negligence if the plaintiff was also negligent. New Mexico has abandoned the doctrine of [..]

A doctrine of law that, in some states, may prevent claimants from recovering any portion of their damages if they are even partially at fault, or negligent.

A legal doctrine which states that, in a civil action based on negligent conduct, the plaintiff may not recover from the defendant if the plaintiff was also negligent.

 A doctrine of law that, in some states, may prevent claimants from recovering any portion of their damages if they are even partially at fault, or negligent.

Legal doctrine that says that a plaintiff cannot recover damages in a civil action for negligence if the plaintiff was also negligent.

A principle of law that, in some states, may prevent claimants from recovering any portion of their damages if they are even partially at fault, or negligent.

Negligence of the damaged person that helped to cause the accident. Some states bar recovery to the plaintiff if the plaintiff was contributorily negligent to any extent. Others apply comparative negl [..]

Contributory negligence is the percentage of fault, if any, attributed to the seaman for his own negligent acts which contributed to his injury. In a claim, the recovery is reduced by the perc [..]

A doctrine that historically barred a plaintiff from recovery in tort. Under this doctrine, a plaintiff whose negligence contributed to the wrong that caused his or her harm was absolutely barred from [..]

Legal defense that reduces Plaintiff’s damages received based on the Plaintiff’s degree of fault, if any, that is determined by a judge or jury. Plaintiff can only recover if the contributory negligen [..]

The former method of apportionment of damages under English common law, which prohibited a plaintiff from recovering any damages from a defendant in tort if the plaintiff's own fault or negligence had contributed to his own loss or damage in even the slightest degree. In traditional English admiralty law, the common law "contributory negl [..]

A principal of law recognizing that injured persons may have contributed to their own injury. For example, by agreeing to be a passenger in a car being driven by someone that you know to be drunk. If [..]

A principal of law recognising that injured persons may have contributed to their own injury. For example, by agreeing to be a passenger in a car being driven by someone that you know to be dr [..]

Carelessness of the injured person that helped to cause the accident in which he or she was injured. Some states bar recovery to the plaintiff if the plaintiff was contributorily negligent.

Conduct by plaintiff which is a contributing cause which co-operates with the defendant’s negligence in causing the plaintiff’s harm.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

Carelessness of the injured person that helped to cause the accident in which he was injured. 

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

A law that, in some states, may prevent claimants from recovering any portion of their damages if they are even partially at fault.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

A defense to a negligence action in which it is asserted that the claimant failed to meet the standard required for his or her own protection, and that the failure contributed to the loss.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

The lack of care on the part of the individual, which helped cause the accident.

Negligence of the damaged person that helped to cause the accident. Some states bar recovery to the plaintiff if the plaintiff was contributorily negligent to any extent. Others apply comparative negl [..]

A legal doctrine that says if the plaintiff in a civil action for negligence also was negligent, he or she cannot recover damages from the defendant for the defendant's negligence. Most jurisd [..]

Lack of care on the part of the individual injured that helped to cause the accident.

A legal doctrine, now modified in most jurisdictions, that any negligence on the part of the plaintiff/victim will bar civil lawsuits against defendant/perpetrator.

A defence in an action for damages for injuries arising from the defendant's negligence. The defendant attempts to prove that the plaintiff's own negligence caused or contributed to the inju [..]

Contributory negligence is a situation where an individual contributes to their own loss or harm, potentially reducing their right to compensation.

When a person’s loss or harm is partly as a result of their own behaviour. In a dispute it reduces the amount of their compensation.

Contributory negligence is the legal doctrine stating that if a plaintiff in a civil case involving negligence was also negligent in any way, they cannot receive any compensation from the defendant. Even if a person suffered significant injuries primarily as a result of another party’s negligence, contributory negligence principles state that they [..]

A legal doctrine that says, if the plaintiff in a civil action for negligence also was negligent, he/she cannot recover damages from the defendant for the defendant’s negligence. Most jurisdictions have abandoned the doctrine of contributory negligence in favor of comparative negligence.

This is a form of defence to a claim of negligence.

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 [..]