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
- Keyes v. AmundsonNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1983
- Bumann v. MaurerNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971
- Merchant v. Richland County Water Management DistrictNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
- Vantine Paint & Glass Co. of Dickinson Inc. v. KudrnaNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1971
3Cited by4 opinions
- Bellemare v. Gateway Builders, Inc.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1987
- Gelinske v. Farmers Grain & Trading Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1989
- Braaten v. Deere & Co.North Dakota Supreme Court · 1996
- Beaudoin v. Texaco, Inc.District Court, D. North Dakota · 1987