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title: Comparative Fault
description: Advocate Magazine articles on Comparative Fault, from the Subject Matter Index.
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/tag/Comparative%20Fault
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[![Motorcycle helmets 101](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Berjis-istock-_872028e716dc85f11b83db1d2218b371.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-may/motorcycle-helmets-101 "Motorcycle helmets 101")

## [Motorcycle helmets 101](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-may/motorcycle-helmets-101 "Motorcycle helmets 101")

Understanding the critical role of helmets in motorcycle accident cases

[Malosack Berjis](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/malosack-berjis "Malosack Berjis")

From Issue: [2025 May](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-may)

## [The bogeyman of comparative fault in vehicle vs. pedestrian and vehicle vs. bicycle cases](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-march/the-bogeyman-of-comparative-fault-in-vehicle-vs-pedestrian-and-vehicle-vs-bicycle-cases "The bogeyman of comparative fault in vehicle vs. pedestrian and vehicle vs. bicycle cases")

Weighing damages against comparative fault

[Bryan Kirsh](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/bryan-kirsh "Bryan Kirsh")
[Christa Ramey](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christa-ramey "Christa Ramey")

From Issue: [2019 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2019-march)

## [Comparative fault](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-march/comparative-fault "Comparative fault")

Keeping plaintiff’s irrelevant drug and alcohol use away from the jury

From Issue: [2017 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-march)

[![Alcohol toxicology for civil lawyers](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/okorocha-istock-537115731_a64624ee1deaf3661ce1fca4fcc2a3f1.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april/alcohol-toxicology-for-civil-lawyers "Alcohol toxicology for civil lawyers")

## [Alcohol toxicology for civil lawyers](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april/alcohol-toxicology-for-civil-lawyers "Alcohol toxicology for civil lawyers")

Don’t let a hospital’s faulty blood-alcohol test devalue your case due to contributory negligence (your guy was drunk!)

[Okorie Okorocha](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/okorie-okorocha "Okorie Okorocha")

From Issue: [2021 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2021-april)

## [Pretrial settlements and their impact on your verdict](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-october/pretrial-settlements-and-their-impact-on-your-verdict "Pretrial settlements and their impact on your verdict")

Calculating and reducing setoffs in personal-injury and medical-malpractice cases

[Benjamin Ikuta](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/benjamin-ikuta "Benjamin Ikuta")

From Issue: [2025 October](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-october)

## [A plaintiff’s own pre-treatment negligence cannot support a finding of comparative fault](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january/a-plaintiff-s-own-pre-treatment-negligence-cannot-support-a-finding-of-comparative-fault "A plaintiff’s own pre-treatment negligence cannot support a finding of comparative fault")

A med-mal defendant should not be permitted to use the plaintiff’s own pre-treatment negligence to support a finding of comparative fault

[Benjamin Ikuta](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/benjamin-ikuta "Benjamin Ikuta")

From Issue: [2025 January](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2025-january)