Tag Archives: L.A. County defense attorney

Comparative Negligence: When the Victim is Also “Responsible”

By Robert Ross | Posted on September 23, 2015

THE EXCEPTION: DRUNK DRIVING A few California courts have made an exception to this general rule of comparative negligence and percentage fault where injured plaintiffs knowingly opted to operate motor vehicles while intoxicated. In other words: plaintiffs who drive drunk may find themselves entirely unable to recover for injuries occurring while DUI. In the cases… Read More »