ACCT-311 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Contributory Negligence
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Driver was making a tuna run and waited too long and the back of the bus heated up the tuna making it rotten tuna. Concert pianist looses hands in a car accident needs hands for profession, so loss of hands comes as a greater disappointment. Did not sign waver and fell down hill while drunk and got injured. Hammered by time going down ski hill you were drunk you assumed physical risk did not read waver so didn"t get panted for legl risk special vicarious liability of owners of motor vehicles. Damages can also be caused by the defendant"s negligence. But for ms thompsons failure to shovel her sidewalk mr. smith would not have a broken hip.