How to estimate car accident settlements in Montana

US-MT comparative fault rule

The controlling primary authority for US-MT damages allocation authority (Mont. Code Ann. § 27-1-702) is 27-1-702.

27-1-702. Contributory negligence does not bar recovery in an action by a person or the person's legal representative to recover damages for negligence resulting in death or injury to the person or property if the contributory negligence was not greater than the negligence of the person or the combined negligence of all persons against whom recovery is sought, but any damages allowed must be diminished in the proportion to the percentage of negligence attributable to the person recovering.

Source-backed allocation summary

US-MT damages allocation controlling authority under Mont. Code Ann. § 27-1-702.

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

• 27-1-702 — Mont. Code Ann. § 27-1-702

All sources are official primary law published by leg.mt.gov.

Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.