concurrent negligence
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 290 U.S. 227 - Miller v. Union Pacific R. · 1933Most cited · 260 citing opinions
if injury be caused by the concurring negligence of the defendant and a third person, the defendant is liable to the same extent as though it had been caused by his negligence alone
How often courts cite the case defining “concurrent negligence”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “concurrent negligence” — 260 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.