Assume that Colorado has a statute under which Martha would recover $240,000 of her $300,000 in damages because a jury found her to be 20% negligent in the accident in which she was injured. Colorado has adopted:
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the defense of comparative negligence. |
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B. |
the defense of contributory negligence. |
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the defense of assumption of the risk. |
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the defense of negligence per se. |
Answer : Correct option is A. the defense of comparative negligence.
Reason :
Colorado has adopted defense of comparative negligence wherein damages award are reduced by the percentage of fault that is caused due to its own negligence . Since in this case jury found her to be 20% negligent in the accident in which she was injured therefore the damage amount has been reduced by the percentage of fault i.e 20 % that is caused due to its own negligence .
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