{"id":5886,"date":"2017-01-05T09:00:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T09:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/?p=5886"},"modified":"2017-01-05T09:00:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T09:00:04","slug":"idaho-comparative-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/idaho-comparative-fault\/","title":{"rendered":"Idaho comparative fault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/attorneys\/patrick-n-george\">By Patrick N. George<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Accidents are almost never just a simple matter of one person being at fault and paying for the injuries caused. Usually both parties bear some responsibility and attorney\u2019s, judges, and ultimately juries are the ones who end up assigning the percentage of fault to each side. The case is presented to the jury and it compares the fault and adds the percentages up to 100%. When the plaintiff or injured party is compared to the defendant, his or her fault reduces the amount recoverable. In other words, if he is 25% negligent in causing the accident and the defendant is 75% liable, the plaintiff\u2019s jury award will be reduced by 25% giving only 75% to the injured party. This principle is known as the rule of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/fulltext.asp?DocName=073500050K2-1116\"><span style=\"color: #1b1b1b;\"><span lang=\"EN\">modified comparative fault<\/span><\/span><\/a><span lang=\"EN\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"LTR\" align=\"LEFT\">Thirty-three states observe the rule of modified comparative fault. Each is free to interpret it differently. Idaho follows the 50 percent bar rule. This means that a victim may only recover damages if he or she is found to be responsible for 50 percent or less of the accident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racinelaw.net\/blog\/idaho-comparative-fault\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Idaho comparative fault\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick N. George Accidents are almost never just a simple matter of one person being at fault and paying for the injuries caused. Usually both parties bear some responsibility and attorney\u2019s, judges, and ultimately juries are the ones who end up assigning the percentage of fault to each side. The case is presented to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Idaho comparative fault|Racine Olson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you have been injured in any type of accident, talk to your attorney about how Idaho modified comparative fault rule can affect your claim before you file or talk to an insurance provider. 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