Only 5 states still follow contributory negligence. Is this one of them? The rest follow comparative negligence statutes.

Hypothetically the school bus is giant and yellow. It has large flashing lights. It stops for only a minute instead of several hours. People are accostomed to seeing school busses, and expect them to stop. A school bus driver, if warned that nobody at the top of the hill can stop to avoid him/her if the bus stops,…

This is the second recent event you’ve had like this. These dangerous situations seem to just follow you...

Negligence is not a zero-sum game. Comparative negligence applies. You can apportion fault to drivers and Comcast. Whether the drivers are driving too fast is first looked at by whether they are obeying the speed limit. Thereafter, one must determine whether they should know they are driving too fast for conditions.

You may also call me Dr. Juris Doctor. In the real world I am compensated when I help victims obtain compensation others’ negligent choices. I make my bonus when guys like you smirk in denial after the fact.

In a negligence action, Laws, OSHA guidelines and UDOT rules are all weighed pretty much equal when they pertain to public safety. Your argument, and the comcast driver’s responses to a citizen warning, would only aggravate Comcast’s liability.

Actually, if he deviated from the book, on the side of caution, and was injured, worker’s comp couldn’t deny him. If he is a only a contractor, I am certain this video got him fired for not taking extra precautions.

Comcast breaking a law is irrelevant. Fault is established by deviations from the standard of care. Laws, rules, regulations and common sense evidence the standard of care in any given situation. Deviations from it establish a breach of the standard of care—which is the definition of negligence. Negligence can be…