A. Yes (at present) but not in the traditional sense. The Pennsylvania Comparative Negligence Act (51%) applies only to actions seeking damages for death, bodily injury, or property damage. See 42 P.S ...

Plaintiffs objected to certain new matter in defendants' answers to a medical malpractice action and court found one paragraph of the new matter, when read with another paragraph, properly asserted ...

Maryland’s highest court has upheld a law that prevents someone from recovering damages in a lawsuit if they are found to be partly at fault. In a 5-2 ruling Tuesday, the Court of Appeals declined to ...

It is often claimed that the rules of contributory negligence apply to unreasonable claimant conduct that occurs prior to or contemporaneously with the defendant’s wrong, whereas the rule of avoidable ...