What do the lawyers mean when they talk about negligence? They also use the word "fault" and I'm not sure what that has to do with how much I'm going to recover.

Negligence is a legal concept having to do with evaluating what someone did or didn't do that ultimately leads to someone else getting hurt. It can also be used when property is damaged. Fault is a legal idea that was introduced by the legislature when it passed Iowa Code Chapter 668, the comparative fault statute. Fault is defined as

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WHAT IS FAULT AND NEGLIGENCE?

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What do the lawyers mean when they talk about negligence? They also use the word "fault" and I'm not sure what that has to do with how much I'm going to recover.

Am I at fault if I crash into someone else while driving in dense fog? After all it isn't my fault, it was the fog!