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

For Comparative fault system · Kansas, state is Kansas; rule type is Comparative fault system; fault system is Modified comparative fault (50% bar); when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is if that party's negligence was less than the causal negligence of the party or parties against whom a claim is made; fault threshold is 50%, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **State:** Kansas _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Rule type:** Comparative fault system _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Fault system:** Modified comparative fault (50% bar) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **When the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery:** if that party's negligence was less than the causal negligence of the party or parties against whom a claim is made _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Fault threshold:** 50% _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statutory citation:** 60-258a _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_

## What the source says

> The contributory negligence of a party in a civil action does not bar that party or its legal representative from recovering damages for negligence resulting in death, personal injury, property damage or economic loss, if that party's negligence was less than the causal negligence of the party or parties against whom a claim is made, but the award of damages to that party must be reduced in proportion to the amount of negligence attributed to that party.

## 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

> 60-258a. Comparative negligence.

## Source

- https://www.ksrevisor.gov/statutes/chapters/ch60/060_002_0058a.html

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