Slip and fall settlement guide for North Carolina

US-NC comparative fault rule

The controlling primary authority for US-NC damages allocation authority (N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1B-1 et seq.; common-law contributory negligence (Smith v. Fiber Controls Corp., 300 N.C. 669 (1980))) is N.C..

N.C.. Chapter 1B Chapter 1B. Contribution. Article 1. Uniform Contribution among Tort-Feasors Act. § 1B-1. Right to contribution. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, where two or more persons become jointly or severally liable in tort for the same injury to person or property or for the same wrongful death, there is a right of contribution among them even though judgment has not been recovered against all or any of them. (b) The right of contribution exists only in favor of a tort-feasor who has paid m

Source-backed allocation summary

US-NC damages allocation controlling authority under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1B-1 et seq.; common-law contributory negligence (Smith v. Fiber Controls Corp., 300 N.C. 669 (1980)).

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

• N.C. — N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1B-1 et seq.; common-law contributory negligence (Smith v. Fiber Controls Corp., 300 N.C. 669 (1980))

All sources are official primary law published by www.ncleg.gov.

Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.