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| An individual who voluntarily engages in a known and foreseeable dangerous behavior cannot expect to recover damages sustained in conjunction with engaging in the dangerous behavior. |
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| Allows a plaintiff to recover some portion of the damages caused by another's negligence even if the original person was also negligent and responsible for causing the injury. |
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| Prevents a party from recovering for damages if they contributed in any way to the injury |
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| The refusal or neglect to execute an office or public trust according to law |
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| Proving that a plaintiff would have sustained injury or damage because an officer committed a breach of duty |
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| Behaviors that are so dangerous that a reasonable person who engages in such behavior can be substantially certain the conduct will result in injury/damage |
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| Inadvertent behavior that results in damage or injury. |
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| Behaviors that are substantially certain to bring about injury or damage and the officer knowingly engaged in the behavior |
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| Enacted by Congress to control the behavior of state officials and to allow persons whose constitutional rights were violated an avenue of legal redress |
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