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Comparative fault

Comparative Fault: A rule in admiralty law where each vessel involved in a collision is required to pay a share of the total damages in proportion to its percentage of fault.

Comparative fault
Definition - Noun
: a doctrine in torts in which the fault attributable to each party is compared and any award to the plaintiff is reduced in proportion to the plaintiff's share of the fault
: See also comparative negligence ...

Uniform Comparative Fault Act (1977) (1979)
Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (proposed, 1999; withdrawn, 2002)
Uniform Condominium Act (1977) (1980)
Uniform Conflict of Laws-Limitations Act (1982) ...

COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE - Also called comparative fault. A system that allows a party to recover some portion of the damages caused by another party's negligence even if the original person was also partially negligent and responsible for causing the ...