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Equity—Clean Hands Doctrine—Not Automatically Invoked Against Fraudulent Transferor, Rufus E. Wolff Oct 1983

Equity—Clean Hands Doctrine—Not Automatically Invoked Against Fraudulent Transferor, Rufus E. Wolff

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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A Comparative Negligence Checklist To Avoid Future Unnecessary Litigation, John M. Rogers, Randy Donald Shaw Jan 1983

A Comparative Negligence Checklist To Avoid Future Unnecessary Litigation, John M. Rogers, Randy Donald Shaw

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Systems of comparative negligence, whereby the negligence of a plaintiff serves to reduce rather than to preclude tort recovery in negligence, have been adopted in thirty-nine states. The common law rule that contributory negligence is an absolute bar to recover is still the law in Kentucky, although modified by the doctrine of “last clear chance.” Kentucky may soon join the trend toward comparative negligence, however. In the last legislative session, bills to adopt comparative negligence were introduced in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. A hearing on this subject was held by the Interim Judiciary and Civil Procedure …