Example Of The Contributory Negligence Case

In this part, James gets trapped in a cubicle because the door handle fell off. So he tries to get out by climbing and stepping on the toilet seat and toilet roll holder. The holder broke and James fell on his head causing him to be treated at a nearby hospital. This case would go under the contributory negligence, where incident is caused by both parties negligence.
Contributory negligence occurs in situations where damages or injuries are party caused by plaintiffs own action. Contributory negligence works as a partial defense due to plaintiffs own carelessness. It is only considered a contributory negligence if the action of plaintiff actually helped worsen the injuries. An example explaining this is the case of seatbelts, before it was