Frost v. Tisbert

This is a negligence action. The plaintiff was almost seventeen years old and under a commitment to the Vermont Department of Social Welfare. That agency had assigned control and supervision of the plaintiff to the defendant, who operated a farm. While working on that farm, the plaintiff suffered permanent injury to his right hand. Trial of his claim was by court, and he was awarded damages. The defendant has appealed here the issues of contributory negligence and assumption of the risk, as well as a claim of inconsistencies in the findings that make the result fatally deficient.

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