HOAR v. SHERBURNE CORPORATION

Civ. A. No. 5679.

327 F.Supp. 570 (1971)

Rita M. HOAR and Francis J. Hoar v. The SHERBURNE CORPORATION.

United States District Court, D. Vermont.

May 21, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kinney & Carbine, Rutland, Vt., for plaintiffs.

Wick, Dinse & Allen, Burlington, Vt., for defendant.


OPINION and ORDER

OAKES, District Judge.

This case, and the defendant's motion for judgment n. o. v., raise in almost pristine form, on relatively simple facts, highly complex questions going to the bases underlying the doctrines, so-called, of "contributory negligence" and "assumption of risk."

It is well to state first the facts, in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, to which light her jury verdict entitles her. Plaintiff Rita M. Hoar,...

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