New Jersey Statutes 59:9-4. Comparative negligence
Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 59:9-4
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
In all negligence actions in which the question of liability is in dispute, the trier of fact shall make the following as findings of fact:
a. The amount of damages which would be recoverable by the injured party regardless of any consideration of negligence, that is, the full value of the injured party’s damages to the extent permitted under this act.
b. The extent, in the form of a percentage, of each party’s negligence. The percentage of negligence of each party shall be based on 100% of the total of all percentages of negligence of all the parties to a suit shall be 100%.
c. The judge shall mold the judgment from the findings of fact made by the trier of fact in accordance with the provisions of this act.
L.1972, c. 45, s. 59:9-4 Amended by L.1975, c. 3, s. 2; L.1982, c. 191, s. 2, eff. Dec. 6, 1982.