Spradlin v. Klump

George Rose Smith, Justice.

This is an action by the appellant against his former employers, the appel-lees, for damages for the loss of his right hand and forearm in an accident not covered by the workmen’s compensation law. The trial judge directed a verdict for the defendants at the close of the plaintiff’s proof. We have concluded that the appellees are right in their contention that Spradlin’s asserted cause of action is barred by the doctrine of assumption of risk.

The appellees, Klump and Raceland Farms, Inc., were engaged in raising and training thoroughbred race horses on a farm near…