Oregon: multi-car crash fault distribution
<p>If the driver of car A causes a crash with car B, which causes car B to suddenly stop, and then car B is rear-ended by car C, is A fully responsible for the damages to B, or does C share in some of the responsibility?</p>

<p>The jury decides on a case by case basis from their analysis of the facts. It isn't possible to say in the abstract. A is assumed in the question to have been negligent. C didn't maintain a proper following distance which would be a basis for liability. the jury could also assign some liability to B perhaps concluding that the sudden stop wouldn't have been necessary if B hadn't been negligent.</p>

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