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Last clear chance. For the film, see Last Clear Chance. The last clear chance is a doctrine in the law of torts that is employed in contributory negligence jurisdictions. Under this doctrine, a negligent plaintiff can nonetheless recover if he is able to show that the defendant had the last opportunity to avoid the accident.
A short but important statement of the Catholic doctrine on this point may be quoted from Peter the Deacon, a Greek, who was sent to Rome to bear witness to the Faith of the East: Our belief is that Adam came from the hands of his Creator good and free from the assaults of the flesh  (Lib. de Incarn., c. vi).