What is the effect of different jurisdictions' comparative negligence statutes on the doctrine of contributory negligence in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sagadin v. Ripper, 175 Cal.App.3d 1141, 221 Cal.Rptr. 675 (Cal. App. 1985):
10 The quest for out of state precedent is an effort of "little profit" because the California system of comparative negligence is a judicial creation shaped from our case law. Consequently, the effect of different jurisdictions' comparative negligence statutes on the doctrine of contributory negligence in the violation of statutes different from the one at bench "shed[s] little light." (Sorensen v. Allred (1980) 112 Cal.App.3d 717, 725, 169 Cal.Rptr. 441.)
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