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Scoggins v. Jude

Citations

  • 419 A.2d 999
  • 1980 D.C. App. LEXIS 363

How courts have described this case

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  • “Contributory negligence is the failure to act with the prudence demanded of an ordinary reasonable person under like circumstances.”

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Judges: Ferren, Kelly, Gallagher, Fer-Ren

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