Venden v. Meisel

Concededly, farm labor was being performed and the theory of plaintiff’s cause of action was common-law negligence. Appellants urge the following propositions:

1. Venden should be found as a matter of law to have assumed the risk;

2. There was insufficient evidence of negligence on the part of Meisel ;

3. It should be determined as a matter of law that Ven-den’s negligence was equal to or greater than that of Meisel; and,

4. The court erred in instructions to the jury on the questions of Meisel’s duty to warn and assumption of risk.

Venden was a mature adult with considerable work experience. He…