Comparative Fault

Comparative Fault is a legal doctrine within tort law that allocates liability among multiple parties based on their respective degrees of fault, distinguishing itself from contributory negligence by allowing partial recovery proportional to the plaintiff’s degree of fault.

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194

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Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Product LiabilityStrict Liability

Children

Causal ApportionmentComparative CausationComparative ResponsibilityDefendant Fault AllocationEquitable IndemnityFault Comparison RulesFault-based Damage ApportionmentModified Comparative NegligenceNegligence InteractionPartial Bar Rules

Publications

Learning Liability Rules

Donald Wittman, Daniel Friedman, Stephanie Crevier et al. · The Journal of Legal Studies · 1997 · 33 citations

Law, Business Economics, Negligence +14

Liability as a function of plaintiff and defendant fault.

Ewart A. C. Thomas, Mary Parpal · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1987 · 31 citations

Law, Tort Law, Damages +13

Efficiency and Fairness in Criminal Law: The Case for a Criminal Law Principle of Comparative Fault

Alon Harel · California Law Review · 1994 · 24 citations

Law, Criminal Law, Criminology +16

Causal Primacy and Comparative Fault

Joel T. Johnson, Keith H. Ogawa, Ann Delforge et al. · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin · 1989 · 23 citations

Law, Social Psychology, Causal Inference +10

A Comparative Fault Defense in Contract Law

Ariel Porat · Michigan Law Review · 2009 · 21 citations · Full text

Law, Business Law, Contract Law +6

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Authors

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Alon Harel
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
2 publications · 42 citations
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Ann Delforge
University of California, Davis, United States
1 publications · 23 citations
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Stephanie Crevier
University of California, Santa Cruz, United States
1 publications · 33 citations
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Alrik Thiem
University of Geneva, Switzerland
1 publications · 19 citations
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Donald Wittman
University of California, Santa Cruz, United States
1 publications · 33 citations
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Institutions

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Venues

California Law Review
2 publications · 42 citations
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The Journal of Legal Studies
JLS · 1 publications · 33 citations
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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
PSPB · 1 publications · 23 citations
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Michigan Law Review
1 publications · 21 citations
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SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 1 publications · 13 citations
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