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Supreme Court of New Jersey· 12/24/1981

Van Horn v. William Blanchard Co.

Citations

  • 438 A.2d 552
  • 88 N.J. 91
  • 1981 N.J. LEXIS 1688

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that under Comparative Negligence Act, a plaintiff could recover only from those defendants that were more negligent than was the plaintiff
  • holding that “[a] legislative enactment patterned after a statute of another state is ordinarily adopted with the prior constructions placed on it by the highest court of the parent jurisdiction”
  • noting that enactment of comparative negligence ameliorated the harsh consequences of contributory negligence that barred a minimally negligent plaintiff from any recovery
  • plaintiff can recover only from defendants who were more negligent than plaintiff
  • plaintiff can recover only from defendants who were more negligent than plaintiff
  • superseded by amendment, L. 1982, c. 191, on other grounds

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Judges: Clifford

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