Ida slips and falls on the deck of Jet's Tour Boat and is injured. She incurs medical expenses of $500,000, and files a suit against Jet to recover. Under the "50 percent" rule, if Ida is more than 50 percent at fault, she will recover

A) nothing.

B) half of the expenses.

C) the amount of the expenses attributable to Jet's fault.

D) the entire amount of the expenses.

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Burnett

6 February, 19:40

Ida slips and falls on the deck of Jet's Tour Boat and is injured. She incurs medical expenses of $500,000, and files a suit against Jet to recover. Under the "50 percent" rule, if Ida is more than 50 percent at fault, she will recover

A) nothing.

B) half of the expenses.

C) the amount of the expenses attributable to Jet's fault.

D) the entire amount of the expenses.

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Misael Roberts · Answer 1

A) nothing.

Explanation:

If Ida is more than 50% at fault that could mean she would not recover anything because the amount could be more that what shes suing for.