Comparative fault system · Nebraska

For Comparative fault system · Nebraska, state is Nebraska; rule type is Comparative fault system; 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%, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

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

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

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.

— all from nebraskalegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31

Source

• nebraskalegislature.govhttps://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=25-21,185.09

Last verified against source: 2026-08-31. Due for re-check by 2027-08-31. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.