FARWELL v. KEATON

Docket No. 55696, (Calendar No. 2).

396 Mich. 281 (1976)

240 N.W.2d 217

FARWELL v. KEATON

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided April 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Young, O'Rourke, Bruno & Bunn (by James C. Bruno), for plaintiff.

Martin, Bohall, Joselyn, Halsey, Rowe & Jamieson, P.C. (by William G. Jamieson), for defendant Siegrist.


Decided April 1, 1976. Rehearing denied 397 Mich. 958.

LEVIN, J.

There is ample evidence to support the jury determination that David Siegrist failed to exercise reasonable care after voluntarily coming to the aid of Richard Farwell and that his negligence was the proximate cause of Farwell's death. We are also of the opinion that Siegrist, who was with Farwell the evening he was fatally injured and, as the jury found, knew or should have known of his peril...

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