mutual fault
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 76 U.S. 505 - The Gray Eagle · 1869Most cited · 13 citing opinions
It is a fundamental rule of admiralty law that where both parties are in fault, both must contribute to make good the damage, and this rule will not be deemed to be abrogated without an express declaration of Congress to that effect.
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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “mutual fault” — 13 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.