Comparative fault system · Oregon
What is the fault system for Comparative fault system · Oregon?
For Comparative fault system, state is Oregon; fault system is Modified comparative fault (51% bar); when the plaintiff's own fault bars recovery is if the fault attributable to the claimant was not greater than the combined fault of all persons specified in subsection (2) of this section; fault threshold is 51%; statutory citation is 31.600, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
Contributory negligence shall not bar recovery in an action by any person or the legal representative of the person to recover damages for death or injury to person or property if the fault attributable to the claimant was not greater than the combined fault of all persons specified in subsection (2) of this section, but any damages allowed shall be diminished in the proportion to the percentage of fault attributable to the claimant.
— oregonlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
- State
- Oregon 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 fault attributable to the claimant was not greater than the combined fault of all persons specified in subsection (2) of this section verified
- Fault threshold
- 51% our reading
- Statutory citation
- 31.600 verified
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Statutory citation
31.600 Contributory negligence not bar to recovery; comparative negligence standard; third party complaints.
— all from oregonlegislature.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- oregonlegislature.govhttps://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors031.html