An Act To Amend the Law Regarding Comparative Negligence
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 14 MRSA §156, 4th ¶, as amended by PL 1999, c. 633, §1 and affected by §3, is further amended to read:
If such claimant is found by the jury to be equally more at fault, the claimant may not recover.
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Currently, the comparative negligence law prohibits recovery if the claimant is equally at fault with or more at fault than the defendant. This bill amends the law to prohibit recovery if the claimant is found to be more at fault than the defendant.