The principles governing apportionment of contributory negligence between plaintiff and defendant (comparison of culpability and causal significance) apply equally to apportionment of responsibility between co-defendants. An appellate court will not interfere with an apportionment where the trial judge's reasoning on causation is insufficiently clear to permit analysis, and the appellant has not attacked the judgment on the basis of inadequate reasons.
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