Palmer v. Henry Disston & Sons, Inc.

We are convinced that the trial court reached the correct result. If the question presented were other than one of law, a new trial might properly have been granted. However, the plaintiff was injured when a tree, on which he was pushing in an effort to control the direction of its fall, fell and bounced or rolled, and a branch struck his leg; and it appears from the statement of facts that, after the defendant had taken charge of the operation of felling the tree, plaintiff assumed the responsibility of a volunteer or rescuer, either in his own interest, to save the saw, or to assist the…