Blais v. Flanders Hardware Co.

The defendant claims that it could not reasonably be found that the plaintiff did not assume the risk of the hazard that resulted in his injury. The plaintiff Blais of course knew that if his hand came in contact with the swiftly revolving knives, it would be cut. But there is a further question of whether he knew and appreciated that the operation he engaged in would result in such contact. “Even if it were to be assumed, however, that the plaintiff was chargeable with knowledge that the acid was dangerous and that contact with it would be injurious, it could not be held, as a matter of law,…