North Carolina adheres to the common law doctrine of contributory negligence. The rule, which has been jettisoned by 46 states in favor of some form of comparative fault, bars recovery by a negligent ...

Dr. W was devastated to hear of her patient’s death, and felt guilty, in hindsight, for not considering diabetes since she was aware that the young man had a family history of the disease. She was too ...

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"Defendants acknowledged at oral argument that the record does not tell us whether the alleged hand-soaking occurred before or after the sutures were removed. But if Butts-Franklin had soaked her hand ...

On Friday a unanimous D.C. Circuit panel (in Whiteru v. WMATA) reversed a district-court ruling by Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in 2020. The case involved claims that the Washington Metropolitan Area ...

Kochi: Contributory negligence cannot be attributed to a pillion rider who is not wearing a helmet at the time of a traffic accident, the high court has held. The ruling by Justice PV Kunhikrishnan ...

The general rule is that drivers of vehicles who bumped the rear of another vehicle are presumed negligent. But in this case Rey is an exception. Also applied here is the rule on contributory ...

The Court also disagreed with the defense’s assertion that the patient should have come in for a follow-up sooner. It noted that Dr. W’s second mistaken diagnosis of gastroenteritis superseded the ...