The plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident caused entirely by the defen

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The plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident caused entirely by the defendant. The plaintiff was not wearing his seat belt. He was thrown from his jeep and sustained a compression- type injury to his lower back when he landed on the pavement. The defendent offered evidence that had the plaintiff been wearing his seat belt , he would not have been thrown from the jeep. If the doctrine of comparative fault is followed, will this fact reduce the damages to which the plaintiff is entitled? Explain.

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yes, this will help the plaintiff to pay minimum damage or the will help to get minimum punishment. of course he may be caused for the accident, but during the time if he wears seat belt the damage will be much lower or lesser than the real one. so, it is the fault of the person while he is in driving he did not wear seat belt.

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