Comparative fault system · Delaware
What is the fault system for Comparative fault system · Delaware?
For Comparative fault system, state is Delaware; fault system is Modified comparative fault (51% bar); when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is where such negligence was not greater than the negligence of the defendant or the combined negligence of all defendants against whom recovery is sought; fault threshold is 51%; statutory citation is 8132, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
In all actions brought to recover damages for negligence which results in death or injury to person or property, the fact that the plaintiff may have been contributorily negligent shall not bar a recovery by the plaintiff or the plaintiff’s legal representative where such negligence was not greater than the negligence of the defendant or the combined negligence of all defendants against whom recovery is sought, but any damages awarded shall be diminished in proportion to the amount of negligence attributed to the plaintiff.
— delcode.delaware.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
- State
- Delaware our reading
- Rule type
- Comparative fault system our reading
- Fault system
- Modified comparative fault (51% bar) our reading
- When the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery
- where such negligence was not greater than the negligence of the defendant or the combined negligence of all defendants against whom recovery is sought verified
- Fault threshold
- 51% our reading
- Statutory citation
- 8132 verified
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Statutory citation
8132. Comparative negligence.
— all from delcode.delaware.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- delcode.delaware.govhttps://delcode.delaware.gov/title10/c081/index.html