Statutes | Kalispel Tribe Law and Order Code Chapter 3 § 3-1 §§ 3-14.02 | 2020

In cases involving injury to persons or property:

 

(1) Where the injury inflicted was the result of carelessness of the defendant, the judgment shall fairly compensate the injured party for the loss he has suffered.

 

(2) Where the injury was deliberately and maliciously inflicted, the judgment shall impose an additional penalty upon the defendant, which additional penalty may run either in favor of the injured party or in favor of the Tribe.

 

(3) Where the injury was inflicted as the result of an accident where both the complainant and the defendant were at fault, the judgment shall compensate the injured party for a reasonable part of the loss he has suffered with adjustment thereof for the ratio or proportion of the accident caused by his negligence or fault.