GLOSSARY
This Insurance Glossary of Terms is produced and maintained by the National Alliance Research Academy. 
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Comparative Negligence

A defense based on a statutory modification of contributory negligence in which both parties are negligent and damages are apportioned between them according to their comparative degrees of negligence.

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