From the article, "According to North Carolina law, since the police report found Baker shared some of the responsibility for her injuries, she is barred from recovering any compensation."

"According to Byrd, the contributory negligence doctrine says that if the injured person “is to any degree negligent in their harm, then they get zero.”"

What the contributory negligence means is that if you are even 1% at fault you can not collect damages because you contributed to the accident.