0 a judgment in court that a person who has been hurt in an accident was partly responsible for their own injuries because they failed to act in a way that could have prevented the accident or the injuries -- 与有过失，共同过失
The law of contributory negligence is perfectly simple.
That is what lawyers call the defence of contributory negligence.
I was also asked about contributory negligence and what effect that might have on benefit recovery.
The argument was this, that since contributory negligence is a defence to a civil action it ought to be equally a defence to criminal proceedings.
The workman's contributory negligence, however, will not defeat the whole of his claim, but merely give him a reduced sum.
The only exclusion is contributory negligence on the part of the claimant.
An employer could also perhaps defend himself on the ground of an employee's own contributory negligence.
There is a provision in article 582 for contributory negligence.
