Comparative fault system · North Dakota
What is the fault system for Comparative fault system · North Dakota?
For Comparative fault system, state is North Dakota; fault system is Modified comparative fault (50% bar); when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is unless the fault was as great as the combined fault of all other persons who contribute to the injury; fault threshold is 50%; statutory citation is 32-03.2-02, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
Contributory fault does not bar recovery in an action by any person to recover damages for death or injury to person or property unless the fault was as great as the combined fault of all other persons who contribute to the injury, but any damages allowed must be diminished in proportion to the amount of contributing fault attributable to the person recovering.
— ndlegis.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
- State
- North Dakota 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
- unless the fault was as great as the combined fault of all other persons who contribute to the injury verified
- Fault threshold
- 50% our reading
- Statutory citation
- 32-03.2-02 verified
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Statutory citation
32-03.2-02. Modified comparative fault.
— all from ndlegis.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ndlegis.govhttps://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t32c03-2.pdf