The most common defences to negligence lawsuits are (i) assumption of risk, (ii) supervening cause and (iii) comparative negligence. Match the definition with the concept.

a. where a party is partly at fault for the accident, his or her damages may be reduced in proportion to the degree to which his/her actions contributed to the accident and the resulting injuries. _________________________

b. defendant's negligence did not ultimately cause the plaintiff's injury; rather, an intervening event or occurrence which was not foreseeable caused the injury. ____________________. (Remember to distinguish that an intervening event that is foreseeable will NOT cut off the chain of causation and absolve the defendant of liability.)

c. the injured party voluntarily assumed a known risk. __________________