Comparative fault system · Iowa
What is the fault system for Comparative fault system · Iowa?
For Comparative fault system, state is Iowa; fault system is Modified comparative fault (51% bar); when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is unless the claimant bears a greater percentage of fault than the combined percentage of fault attributed to the defendants; fault threshold is 51%; statutory citation is 668.3, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
Contributory fault shall not bar recovery in an action by a claimant to recover damages for fault resulting in death or in injury to person or property unless the claimant bears a greater percentage of fault than the combined percentage of fault attributed to the defendants, third-party defendants and persons who have been released pursuant to section 668.7
— legis.iowa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
- State
- Iowa 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
- unless the claimant bears a greater percentage of fault than the combined percentage of fault attributed to the defendants verified
- Fault threshold
- 51% our reading
- Statutory citation
- 668.3 verified
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Statutory citation
668.3 Comparative fault — effect — payment method.
— all from legis.iowa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- legis.iowa.govhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/668.3.pdf