Comparative fault system · Minnesota
For Comparative fault system · Minnesota, state is Minnesota; rule type is Comparative fault system; fault system is Modified comparative fault (51% bar); when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is if the contributory fault was not greater than the fault of the person against whom recovery is sought; fault threshold is 51%, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Minnesota 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
- if the contributory fault was not greater than the fault of the person against whom recovery is sought verified
- Fault threshold
- 51% our reading
- Statutory citation
- 604.01 verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
Contributory fault does not bar recovery in an action by any person or the person's legal representative to recover damages for fault resulting in death, in injury to person or property, or in economic loss, if the contributory fault was not greater than the fault of the person against whom recovery is sought, but any damages allowed must be diminished in proportion to the amount of fault attributable to the person recovering.
— revisor.mn.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Where each value comes from
The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.
Statutory citation
604.01 COMPARATIVE FAULT; EFFECT.
— all from revisor.mn.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- revisor.mn.govhttps://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/604.01