Torts: Basic Fluency in a Fundamental Legal Language (Revised for Fall '24)

Resource 5 . 2 . 2 . 4 . 1

11 minutes

Wallace v. Rosen ("The Fire Drill Conversation Case")

Jordan Wallace-Wolf

What is the difference between contributory negligence and assumption of the risk, what this court calls "incurred risk?"

Court of Appeals of Indiana

765 N.E.2d 192

No. 49A02-0106-CV-419

2002-03-22

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