2016 Alaska Statutes
Title 09 - CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Chapter 09.17 - CIVIL DAMAGES AND APPORTIONMENT OF FAULT
Sec. 09.17.900 Definition.
In this chapter, "fault" includes acts or omissions that are in any measure negligent, reckless, or intentional toward the person or property of the actor or others, or that subject a person to strict tort liability. The term also includes breach of warranty, unreasonable assumption of risk not constituting an enforceable express consent, misuse of a product for which the defendant otherwise would be liable, and unreasonable failure to avoid an injury or to mitigate damages. Legal requirements of causal relation apply both to fault as the basis for liability and to contributory fault.
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