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Guest Statute Applicability To Motor Driven Golf Carts
Guest Statute Applicability To Motor Driven Golf Carts
Washington and Lee Law Review
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The American Medical Association Vs. The American Tort System, Jeff Essen, Lisa Aldred
The American Medical Association Vs. The American Tort System, Jeff Essen, Lisa Aldred
Campbell Law Review
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Apportionment In Kentucky After Comparative Negligence, John M. Rogers
Apportionment In Kentucky After Comparative Negligence, John M. Rogers
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Adoption of comparative negligence gives juries the task of allocating fault between a plaintiff and a defendant when both were negligent and both caused the plaintiff's injury. A logical corollary must be that juries are theoretically and practically able to make such an allocation. If so, it follows that juries are able to make such an allocation among multiple defendants, each of whom was found to be both negligent and a cause of the plaintiff's injury. The judicial adoption of comparative negligence in Kentucky therefore requires a reexamination of the rules applicable to multiple tortfeasors. Cases decided since the adoption …