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Contributory negligence is a plaintiff's failure to exercise reasonable care, which is a legally contributing cause along with the defendant's negligence in causing the plaintiff's harm. It is normally a complete bar to the plaintiff's recovery. Comparative negligence is a more recent doctrine that allows a jury to apportion fault between parties. States have adopted comparative negligence to avoid the harshness of the contributory negligence doctrine.
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