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PARNESS v. ECONOMICS LABORATORY, INC.

Nos. 41416, 41434.

170 N.W.2d 554 (1969)

Samuel PARNESS et al., Appellants, v. ECONOMICS LABORATORY, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 22, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hvass, Weisman, King & Allen, Minneapolis, for appellants; James C. Tarbox, St. Paul, Thomas B. Cline, Aitkin, of counsel.

Tyrrell, Jardine, Logan & O'Brien, St. Paul, for respondent.

OPINION

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

These appeals by plaintiffs question the propriety and form of, and the evidentiary justification for, the trial court's submission of the issues of contributory negligence and assumption of risk to the jury as separate and distinct defenses in a personal injury action.

Plaintiff Gertrude Parness suffered a fractured hip when she slipped and fell on a floor covered with soapy water in the kitchen of a cafe in which she...

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