Legal Opinion

Keyes v. Amundson

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1984No. Civ. 10806PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PEDERSON, Justice.

The district court certified, under Chapter 32-24, NDCC, the following questions to this Court:

“(1) ‘Does North Dakota Century Code 9-10-07 permit a recovery by a plaintiff where the plaintiffs negligence is greater than or equal to each individual defendant’s negligence, but less than the aggregate negligence of all defendants?’ “(2) ‘If so, may a plaintiff recover more than the pro-rata percent of damages attributable to a defendant whose fault is less than that of the plaintiff? That is, by way of hypothetical, could a plaintiff who is forty percent negligent recover more…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Keyes v. AmundsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
  2. Bumann v. MaurerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971
  3. Merchant v. Richland County Water Management DistrictNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Vantine Paint & Glass Co. of Dickinson Inc. v. KudrnaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bellemare v. Gateway Builders, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Gelinske v. Farmers Grain & Trading Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
  3. Braaten v. Deere & Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
  4. Beaudoin v. Texaco, Inc.District Court, D. North Dakota · 1987

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