Legal Opinion
Robert L. Hargrave v. E. G. Wellman, Doing Business as Wellman Enterprises
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1960No. 16483PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Robert L. Hargrave brought this diversity action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained during a horseback ride in Glacier National Park, Montana. Extreme trauma to Hargrave’s back was alleged to have resulted in a compression fracture of the tenth thoracic vertebra. Damages in the sum of $206,000 were sought against the defendant, E. G. Wellman, doing business as Wellman Enterprises.
Judgment was entered for defendant on a jury verdict. Appealing to this court, plaintiff argues that the trial court erred in instructing the jury on assumption of risk, in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- The Flintkote Company, a Corporation v. Elmer Lysfjord and Walter R. Waldron, Doing Business as Aabeta Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- J. A. Herzog v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Woodworkers Tool Works v. ByrneCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1951
- Siebrand v. GossnellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- James Henry Audett v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by25 opinions
- 999, a Corporation, Plaintiff/appellee/cross-Appellant v. C.I.T. Corporation, a Corporation, Defendant/appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- Don Brown, Josef H. Miller and Allen L. McAlear v. Avemco Investment CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Sanford Bros. Boats, Inc. v. Dalvis VidrineCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Moore v. Telfon Communications Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Walter A. Bertrand v. Southern Pacific Company, a Corporation, AppellleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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