What is the effect of contributory negligence in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Spencer v. G. A. MacDonald Constr. Co., 134 Cal.Rptr. 78, 63 Cal.App.3d 836 (Cal. App. 1976):
Plaintiff next notes that he 'objected to the instructions on contributory negligence . . . and argued that under Fonseca v. County of Orange, [63 Cal.App.3d 862] 28 Cal.App.3d
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