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Defenses to Negligence Flashcards

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Plaintiff Conduct

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Contributory negligence
no-fault
Common law
Comparative

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Pure Comparative

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damages are reduced by P negligence

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Mod Comparative

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Only recover if P negligence doesn’t exceed (50%) rule or is less than (49% rule) D negligence

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Assumption of risk

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Actual knowledge, appreciation of magnitude, voluntary encountering

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Statute of limitation

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Discovers or should have discovered injury

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Immunities

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Family - immune from neg supervision
Charity - liable
Gov - immune

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