The 51% Rule: How Does It Affect Your Personal Injury Case?
What's the 51% Rule? If you live in a state that uses this rule, like Illinois, it can determine both whether or not you have a viable personal injury case and how much the claim is worth. This is how it works.
Your negligence is assigned a value.
Most people don't realize that the 51% Rule exists until after they've been in an accident. It's also called the "modified comparative fault"