Court Opinion

ID: 9571559
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:32:38.68908+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:30:34.950692
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Messmore, J.,
dissenting.
I concur in the dissent of Judge Yeager solely upon the ground that the record fails to disclose any competent evidence, or any reasonable inference that may be drawn therefrom, of contributory negligence oh the part of plaintiff’s. decedent which caused or contributed to his death by suffocation while incarcerated in the Dakota County jail.
Submission of the issue of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff’s decedent to the jury, under the circumstances, constituted prejudicial error.
The judgment should be reversed and the cause remanded for a new trial.