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Comparative Negligence vs Contributory Negligence

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Accidents can happen every day. Different people experience injuries and property damages. Every time an accident occur, a question follows, “who is the personal liable for the fault?” The abstraction of contributory negligence and comparative negligence deal with this issue and provide an informative way to designate the responsibility between parties if the answer to the question isn’t as clear as water. As the term insinuate, an individual may play a part in the act of carelessness and or be comparatively negligent due to his or her damages. What is Contributory Negligence? Contributory Negligence is a concept wherein it describes a behavior that creates excessive risks to one’s self. The notion is that a person has a responsibility to behave with a reasonable character. For an instance that a person doesn’t behave well according to the said act and an injury comes to play, the person will be partially or entirely bear the costs of the resulting damages, regardless of the fa