Utah Simple Negligence is a legal concept in the state of Utah that denotes a person's failure to exercise reasonable care and caution, resulting in harm to another person. This form of negligence is used to determine liability in personal injury lawsuits. There are two types of Utah Simple Negligence: contributory negligence and comparative negligence. Contributory negligence is when a plaintiff’s own negligence contributes to the harm caused by the defendant, while comparative negligence is when both the plaintiff and defendant are partially responsible for the injury. In a comparative negligence case, the injured party’s award is reduced according to the percentage of fault assigned to them.