Hook v. Point Montara Fire Protection District

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment for the defendants, following a jury verdict, in a personal injury action. The sole question on appeal is whether the trial court erred in giving an instruction on assumption of risk. The attack is made upon the propriety of the giving of the instruction and not upon the correctness of its content.

The Record

The'following facts are undisputed: Plaintiff, Hook, was injured when she fell while entering through a door in a fire station maintained by the defendant fire district. She was entering said premises for the purpose of voting in a bond…