Can I Recover Compensation if I Was Partially at Fault?

Even if you were partially to blame for the accident, you can still seek compensation. The amount of fault you are assigned will, however, reduce your reimbursement.

If you are awarded $10,000 in compensatory damages but are judged to be 25% at fault for the accident, you will receive only $7,500.

If you are equally, or 50% at blame, you will not receive any compensation. You and the other driver, for example, may be judged partially guilty if you both failed to stop at stop signs or approached a junction at the same moment.

Its important to call a personal injury lawyer as soon a possible, as it may be more difficult to prove the other parties negligence.