Comparative fault system · Nebraska
What is the fault system for Comparative fault system · Nebraska?
For Comparative fault system, state is Nebraska; fault system is Modified comparative fault (50% bar); when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is if the contributory negligence of the claimant is equal to or greater than the total negligence of all persons against whom recovery is sought, the claimant shall be totally barred from recovery; fault threshold is 50%; statutory citation is 25-21,185.09, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
Any contributory negligence chargeable to the claimant shall diminish proportionately the amount awarded as damages for an injury attributable to the claimant's contributory negligence but shall not bar recovery, except that if the contributory negligence of the claimant is equal to or greater than the total negligence of all persons against whom recovery is sought, the claimant shall be totally barred from recovery.
— nebraskalegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
- State
- Nebraska our reading
- Rule type
- Comparative fault system our reading
- Fault system
- Modified comparative fault (50% bar) our reading
- When the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery
- if the contributory negligence of the claimant is equal to or greater than the total negligence of all persons against whom recovery is sought, the claimant shall be totally barred from recovery verified
- Fault threshold
- 50% our reading
- Statutory citation
- 25-21,185.09 verified
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Statutory citation
25-21,185.09. Civil actions to which contributory negligence is a defense; effect on recovery.
— all from nebraskalegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- nebraskalegislature.govhttps://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=25-21,185.09