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00:00:03 All right. I get this question all the time. How does comparative fault work on a California accident case and does it apply to your case? So stated loosely in California as opposed to some other states. We are a pure comparative fault state. So you can make a claim if the other side was even 1% at fault and then you’re going to get roughly 1% of your damages. More often than that, a jury or a judge or an agreement between uh our office and an insurance company will be some percentage of fault like 5050 or 51
00:00:39 49%. Why do we have such odd percentages? Well, in California, um if you are less than 51% at fault for an accident, then it does not go against your record. So we fight very hard to get less than 50% fault for our own client who might be mutually at fault for an accident. And of course the damages are proportional. So if the case is worth $100 and it’s 50/50 then our client gets $50 loosely. But um it’s important to fight when there’s disputed liability so our client is not sir charged for their uh insurance premiums
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