Court Opinion

ID: 9644677
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 21:01:45.453326+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:11:16.413484
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Wheeler, J., with whom Duncan, J.,
joined, dissenting: I concur with the majority that evidence of the decedent’s due care was not a necessary part of the plaintiff’s case, and that the burden was upon the defendant to establish the decedent’s contributory negligence. RSA 507:8.
However, we think the circumstances of the accident in this case “conclusively negative the possibility that the decedent *117exercised any care for his own safety.” Dennis v. Railroad, 94 N. H. 164, 165.
I would sustain the defendant’s exception to denial of its motions for nonsuit and a directed verdict.