What If I Am Partially Responsible for the Accident in Dallas?

If you were partially responsible for an accident, you may be wondering whether you can still recover compensation. Fortunately, yes. Texas courts deploy a concept known as comparative negligence (also referred to as “proportionate responsibility”). Under this rule, injury victims can recover compensation for personal injuries so long as they were not 50 percent or more responsible for the underlying cause of the accident. 

However, the amount of money they are entitled to be reduced proportionately to their degree of fault beneath 50 percent. For instance, if a plaintiff was 25 percent responsible for a car accident that left them with $100,000 in medical expenses and property damage, the most they could recover would be $75,000.