# Comparative fault system · Arizona — Comparative fault system and joint and several liability rules by state

For Comparative fault system · Arizona, state is Arizona; rule type is Comparative fault system; fault system is Pure comparative fault; when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is the claimant's action is not barred, but the full damages shall be reduced in proportion to the relative degree of the claimant's fault; fault threshold is None, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Arizona _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Rule type:** Comparative fault system _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Fault system:** Pure comparative fault _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **When the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery:** the claimant's action is not barred, but the full damages shall be reduced in proportion to the relative degree of the claimant's fault _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fault threshold:** None _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** 12-2505 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> The defense of contributory negligence or of assumption of risk is in all cases a question of fact and shall at all times be left to the jury. If the jury applies either defense, the claimant's action is not barred, but the full damages shall be reduced in proportion to the relative degree of the claimant's fault which is a proximate cause of the injury or death, if any.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Statutory citation

> 12-2505. Comparative negligence; definition

## Source

- https://www.azleg.gov/ars/12/02505.htm

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
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