Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Discipline
- Publication
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Torts
The Burden Of Pleading Contributory Negligence In Kentucky, Gladney Harville
The Burden Of Pleading Contributory Negligence In Kentucky, Gladney Harville
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Negligence-Application Of The Rescue Doctrine Where Personal Property Is Involved, Thomas Hartwell
Negligence-Application Of The Rescue Doctrine Where Personal Property Is Involved, Thomas Hartwell
Michigan Law Review
The defendant's servant, while parking the defendant's automobile, negligently failed to secure the brakes. At defendant's request, plaintiff police officer attempted to enter the automobile after it had started to roll, hoping to avert any possible collision. In so doing, he slipped on a stone and was injured. Defendant demurred to plaintiff's complaint on the grounds that the plaintiff was contributorily negligent, as a matter of law, and that the rescue doctrine should not apply where that rescued from peril created by the defendant is not human life or the rescuer's own property. Held, the rescue doctrine was correctly …