Publications
Last Clear Chance Rule, Final Report 75
This report recommends that the Contributory Negligence Act (CNA) be amended to abolish the common-law rule known as the “last clear chance” rule. The “last clear chance” rule applied where both the contributory negligence of a plaintiff and the fault of a defendant caused loss to the plaintiff and where one of the them had a “last clear chance” to avoid the effect of the other’s fault and failed to do so. If the defendant was the […]
| AREA OF LAW | Constitutional and Public Law |
| TAGS | defendant, fault, last clear chance, contributory negligence, negligence, plaintiff |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr075.pdf |
August 29, 1997