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Negligence - Assumption Of Risk - Necessity For Contractual Relation, Edward H. Schlaudt
Negligence - Assumption Of Risk - Necessity For Contractual Relation, Edward H. Schlaudt
Michigan Law Review
While walking behind defendant through woodland, plaintiff suffered an eye injury caused by the negligence of the defendant in bending over a small sapling and allowing it to fly back and strike plaintiff. Verdict and judgment were for plaintiff. Defendant moved for a directed verdict on the ground of assumption of risk, and appealed from a denial of the motion. Held, from the facts of the case, it cannot be ruled as a matter of law that the plaintiff knew and comprehended the danger which caused his injury and that he voluntarily exposed himself thereto, and, therefore, the judgment …