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Pure Comparative Negligence | Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury

Todd Romano | 478 Views | 08/02/2016

Pure Comparative Negligence

We’re fortunate in Florida because we have what we call Pure Comparative Negligence. In many other states if a person is injured by an at-fault driver, but that person himself or herself is also determined to be partially at fault, that person could be completely barred from recovery. Florida being a Pure Comparative Negligence state – your negligence, or your partial negligence, is compared to the negligence of the other party and even if you’re determined to be mostly at-fault you can still recover your damages, but your damages are reduced in Florida by the percentage of fault that is assigned to you.

Pure Comparative Negligence | Fort Lauderdale Personal Injury

Pure Comparative Negligence

We’re fortunate in Florida because we have what we call Pure Comparative Negligence. In many other states if a person is injured by an at-fault driver, but that person himself or herself is also determined to be partially at fault, that person could be completely barred from recovery. Florida being a Pure Comparative Negligence state – your negligence, or your partial negligence, is compared to the negligence of the other party and even if you’re determined to be mostly at-fault you can still recover your damages, but your damages are reduced in Florida by the percentage of fault that is assigned to you.