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WASHINGTON’S COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE

WASHINGTON’S COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE

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What is Comparative Negligence? Washington law, for many years, followed a strict contributory negligence rule that barred the plaintiff from recovering anything if contributory negligence to any degree was proven. Our law changed to one of comparative negligence as set out in RCW 4.22.005 “Effect of Contributory Fault” which provides: “In an action based on fault seeking to recover damages for injury or death to person or harm to property, any contributory fault chargeable to the claimant diminishes proportionately the…

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OPENING STATEMENTS THAT GRAB THE JURY

OPENING STATEMENTS THAT GRAB THE JURY

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OPENING STATEMENTS THAT GRAB THE JURY “He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense.” Joseph Conrad SOME PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS The legal function of an opening statement is to tell the jury the nature of the case, what the issues are and what the party proposes to prove in support of their claims. It is usually added…

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