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4.142 documents for contributory negligence act

- Griffith v. Chrysler Corp., (Ohio 2003)
Strict products liability claim; unforeseeable missuse; contributory negligence; Product Liability Act; reasonably foreseeable use; superseding intervening cause; manifest weight of the evidence; design defect; risk-benefit test; consumer expectation test; failure to warn; motion in limine-preliminary ruling; waiver of objection; directed verdict; manufacturing defect; relevancy of patents; late discovery.
- Ohio Supreme Court
- CSX Transp., Inc. v. McBride, 564 U.S. (2011)
... inwhole or in part from [carrier] negligence." §51. In accordwith the text and purpose of the ... of any "intervening" cause orany contributory negligence). Some courts cut off liabilityif a "p...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Lobbyists Debate Contributory Negligence in Maryland
Representatives from about 25 businesses and municipalities pressed a House committee Wednesday to approve legislation to codify Maryland's common-law ban on plaintiffs in personal injury cases from recovering damages if they were partially at fault. Meanwhile, a trio of plaintiffs' attorneys told the House Judiciary Committee that the current, court-created, absolute defense of "contributory negligence" is unfair and should not be preserved by statute.
- The Daily Record (Baltimore)
- March 09, 2011

- Norfolk Southern R. Co. v. Sorrell, 549 U.S. (2007)
... whole or in part from [the railroad's] negligence," Section 1. FELA reduces any damages awarded to a... to railroad negligence and employee contributory negligence in FELA actions. An employee will be fo...
- U.S. Supreme Court
- The BP Spill and the Meaning of 'Gross Negligence or Willful Misconduct
- Louisiana Law Review
- Nbr. 71-3, April 2011
- PERPETUAL TRUSTEE COMPANY LTD v MILANEX PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) [2011] NSWCA 36.
... Appeal has found that a defence of contributory negligence is not available in respect of a claim ...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2012, January 2012
- 32 CFR 564.55 - Claims not payable.
... 564.55 - Claims not payable. (a) Contributory negligence. Negligence or wrongful act of the clai...
- Code of Federal Regulations - Title 32: National Defense
- Lejo Baham v. Nabors Drilling USA L.P., (5th Cir. 2011)
... exercise ordinary care and committing negligence per se by violating 33 C.F.R. § 142.87. The court... of the rule barring application of contributory negligence in Jones Act cases). Baham’s argument...
- Federal Circuits
- Butynski v. Springfield Terminal Raliroad, (1st Cir. 2010)
...contributory negligence. The plaintiff appeals, posing claims ...
- Federal Circuits
- Proportionate or disproportionate liability?
... grower, sued eight defendants alleging negligence in relation to the carrying out of the aerial spra...), ss 3, 8 and 12 of the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Apportionment of Liability) Act 200...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2011, January 2011