In a state that has a comparative negligence statute, a jury determined that the plaintiff has sustained damages of 50,000 and that the percentages of fault are plaintiff 40 percent negligent, defendant 60 percent negligent. What would be the plaintiff's award of damages in this case?
a. 30,000, or 60 percent
b. 50,000, as she was negligent
c. Nothing because her negligence bars recovery
d. 10,000, or 20 percent, the comparative difference in their negligence
The healthcare iron triangle is composed of
A. patients, doctors and lawmakers
B. patients, clinicians and public health & government policymakers
C. patients, insurance companies and lawmakers
D. doctors, public health & government policymakers and insurance companies
While shopping with her mother in Arnold's Super Market, eight-year-old Janet was allowed to roam around freely. Without her mother's knowledge, Janet opened a jar of jelly and spilled the contents on the floor. Two hours later while intently watching a good-looking butcher, a shopper named Bernadette slipped on the jelly and broke her leg. Bernadette sued the supermarket. Since Bernadette was looking at the butcher and not where she was going, the following defense might be successfully asserted against her:
a. Imputed negligence c. Contributory negligence
b. Proximate cause d. Negligence per se
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