{"id":1347,"date":"2015-08-04T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2015-08-04T20:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2017-07-17T12:45:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T19:45:47","slug":"comparative-negligence-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/comparative-negligence-doctrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho Comparative Negligence Doctrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Idaho has adopted the Comparative Negligence Doctrine when damages are being assessed in situations such as automobile collisions. Basically, this doctrine provides that a plaintiff\u2019s recovery is reduced in proportion to the plaintiff\u2019s degree of fault in causing the damage. If a plaintiff\u2019s degree of fault is 50% or greater, then no recovery can be had by plaintiff. An example of this doctrine is explained as follows. John Doe is involved in a collision and sustains $100,000.00 in damages. The jury decided John was 40% at fault in the collision and the Defendant was 60% at fault. John\u2019s damages of $100,000.00 are reduced 40% due to his own negligence, thus John\u2019s recovery of damages is $60,000.00.<\/p>\n<p>Blog Post Provided By:<\/p>\n<div itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Attorney\">   <span itemprop=\"name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/\">Racine Olson<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/comparative-negligence-doctrine\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Idaho Comparative Negligence Doctrine\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idaho has adopted the Comparative Negligence Doctrine when damages are being assessed in situations such as automobile collisions. Basically, this doctrine provides that a plaintiff\u2019s recovery is reduced in proportion to the plaintiff\u2019s degree of fault in causing the damage. 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