Court Opinion

ID: 9599639
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:20:20.724508+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:45.916443
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ROSE, Justice,
dissenting.
I agree fully with the dissenting remarks of Justice Cardine that this case, involving the intervening conduct of the plaintiff, should be resolved in accordance with our comparative negligence rules. I note, however, that even the concepts of superseding cause set out in Restatement (Second) of Torts do not relieve appellee from liability in this case. Section 446 provides:
“If the actor intentionally or negligently impedes the exercise of another’s rights or privileges, the other’s normal efforts to remove the impediment or to exercise the right or privilege notwithstanding its existence are not a superseding cause of harm resulting from such efforts.”
Applying this rule to the undisputed facts — a function of the court under § 453 and Comment b, Restatement (Second) of Torts,- quoted in the majority opinion, 703 P.2d at 1094 it is apparent that appellant’s normal efforts to rid his hay baler of the negligently supplied diesel fuel cannot relieve the appellee of liability. Nor would appellant’s negligence in removing the fuel free appellee from liability. Section 447, Restatement (Second) of Torts, quoted in the majority opinion, 703 P.2d at 1093. Rather, our comparative-negligence rules would apply to apportion liability among the parties. Board of County Commissioners of the County of Campbell v. Ridenour, Wyo., 623 P.2d 1174, reh. denied 627 P.2d 163 (1981).
I would have reversed the judgment of the district court and remanded the case for a determination of the parties’ relative negligence.