What is contributory negligence or comparative responsibility and how does it affect my Florida bicycle injury claim?  

Bicycles in Florida are considered vehicles, and Florida is a pure comparative negligence state. What that means is that if you are partially at fault or found by a jury or a judge to be partially to blame for the accident, if you recovered for instance $10,000 of damages and you were found to be 10% at fault, then that award would be reduced that 10%, or in this instance $1000, and then your recovery would be $9000.

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