Contributory Fault and Causal Link in Traffic Accident Liability

Contributory Fault and Causal Link in Traffic Accident Liability: In a dispute arising from a collision between two vehicles, where one driver alleged that the other failed to yield the right of way and was speeding, the court addressed the principle of contributory fault; the Court of Cassation quashed the lower court's decision, reasoning that by simply attributing fault to the non-speeding driver without definitively establishing that the excessive speed was the direct and exclusive cause of the accident, the lower court failed to demonstrate the necessary causal link required to wholly negate the liability of the driver who failed to yield.