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        Tom was driving down the street on his way to work. He was expecting a text message from his boss regarding a new sales prospect he was scheduled to meet with that morning. At about the same time Jill was hurrying to get to work because she had been late two days in a row and she knew her boss would be very upset if she was late again. She stopped at the street curb to look at her watch. Jill saw the time and knew that she would be late if she didn't hurry, without looking she walked into the street. At about the same time Tom's phone buzzed and for an instant he looked down to pick it up. When he looked back at the road, Jill was about to collide with is vehicle. He attempts to stop but still collided with Jill. As he got out of his vehicle to help Jill, she laid in the street yelling, I'm going to sue you, it's your fault, pedestrians always have the right of way. Is Tom responsible for this accident? Answer yes or no.
        
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        I'm sorry, that is not the correct answer. What we have is contributory negligence, in common-law jurisdictions it's generally a defense to a claim based on negligence, as in this tort scenario. This principle is relevant to the determination of liability and is applicable when someone through their own negligence, contributed to the harm they suffered. As in this case where Jill was also negligent. Contributory negligence is a legal defense that reduces the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover in a negligence-based claim based upon the degree to which the plaintiff's own negligence contributed to cause the injury.
        
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        Correct. What we have is contributory negligence, in common-law jurisdictions it's generally a defense to a claim based on negligence, as in this tort scenario. This principle is relevant to the determination of liability and is applicable when someone through their own negligence, contributed to the harm they suffered. As in this case where Jill was also negligent. Contributory negligence is a legal defense that reduces the amount of damages that a plaintiff can recover in a negligence-based claim based upon the degree to which the plaintiff's own negligence contributed to cause the injury.
        
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        Bob and Joe are neighbors. They have little tolerance of each other and are often at odds about the loud music that Bob likes to play, especially on the weekends when Joe is trying to relax. One Saturday Bob was in his backyard listening to his boom box when Joe asked him if he could please turn down his music. Bob got enraged and walked right up to their property line, sat his boom box on the ground and turned it up to full volume. Joe yelled at him, I'm calling the police, you and your music are trespassing on my property. Is this a trespass? Yes or no.
        
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