347: Listen and Learn -- Assumption of Risk (Torts)
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Fire Fighters - Can You Sue for Punching in the Face?
Being a fire fighter is dangerous. An injury can be expected, but getting punched in the face is not the kind of harm our fire fighter signed up for. This means the fire fighter would not be able to claim assumption of risk as a defence. Now let's get into some hypos so we can experiment further with these rules. The first one is based on he february 20, eleventh tortz exam in california. Gale, a 16 year old driver, carelessly parked her car several feet from the curb and entered the house of her friend Paula. Paula sues gale for negligence, can gale assert assumption ofrisk as a defence against paula's
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