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Torts!
Resource 20 . 2
18 minutes

Derheim v. N. Fiorito, Co. Inc. : "The Non-Seat-Belt Wearing Plaintiff"

Jonathan Zittrain,
Jordi Weinstock

Can a plaintiff's failure to take reasonable precautions undermine his claim for negligence, under the doctrines of contributory or comparative negligence?

Washington Supreme Court
80 Wash. 2d 161
No. 41802
1972-01-14

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