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US-MD comparative fault rule

The controlling primary authority for US-MD damages allocation authority (Coleman v. Soccer Ass'n of Columbia, 432 Md. 679 (2013); Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 3-1401 et seq.) is 3-1401.

3-1401. §3–1401. (a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Injured person” means any person having a claim in tort for injury to person or property. (c) “Joint tort-feasors” means two or more persons jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property, whether or not judgment has been recovered against all or some of them.

Source-backed allocation summary

US-MD damages allocation controlling authority under Coleman v. Soccer Ass'n of Columbia, 432 Md. 679 (2013); Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 3-1401 et seq..

This source-backed page does not certify limitation periods, damages caps, case-law exceptions, or calculator formula assumptions beyond the quoted statutory allocation rule.

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Sources

• 3-1401 — Coleman v. Soccer Ass'n of Columbia, 432 Md. 679 (2013); Md. Code, Cts. & Jud. Proc. § 3-1401 et seq.

All sources are official primary law published by mgaleg.maryland.gov.

Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.