• 2002 - Assumption of Risk
  • C-2.75
    • Assumption Of Risk
    • Products Liability
    • Torts
    • Tort Liability
  • A person assumes the risk of [injury] [loss] if the person 1) has actual knowledge of a risk of [injury] [loss], 2) has freedom of choice to avoid the risk, 3) voluntarily encounters the risk, and 4) [injury] [loss] is proximately caused by the encounter. If you find that a person has assumed the risk of [injury] [loss] you may consider that as evidence of fault.
    • 32-03.2-02
    • 49-16-04
    • 49-16-08
    • Harfield v. Tate, 1999 ND 166, 598 NW2d 840
    • Kreidt v. Burlington N. R.R., 2000 ND 150, 615 NW2d 153
    • Olson v. Chesterton Co., 256 NW2d 530 (ND 1977)
    • Rodenberg v. Fargo-Moorhead Young Men’s Christian Ass’n, 2001 ND 139, 632 NW2d 407
    • Spieker v. Westgo, Inc., 479 NW2d 837 (ND 1992)
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