Judge says Bradley Hart, who was 13 at the time, should have known better than to climb structure when looking for football ...

Comparative negligence is a legal principle that can significantly influence the outcome of personal injury cases. This ...

A 13-year-old schoolboy, who was injured when a wall collapsed as he climbed over it to retrieve a football, has been awarded ...

Breach of this obligation is an exception to D.C.’s general rule on contributory negligence. Because there was a “key factual dispute” over whether the station manager actually conducted the ...

Motorcycle accidents often involve disputes over who was responsible. Drivers frequently claim they did not see the ...

While many states follow this principle in its purest form, most states use a modified approach, and a handful of contributory negligence states prevent a car accident victim from recovering their ...