Court Opinion

ID: 9522539
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 02:28:15.589092+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:03:11.070038
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GARRARD, Judge,
concurring.
I concur with the majority but wish to add a word of explanation why the plaintiff was not guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. As a thirteen year old, Brockmeyer was charged with the duty of using the ordinary care of children of the same age, knowledge and experience. The conduct necessary to discharge that burden is more fact sensitive than the familiar reasonable man test. It is therefore significantly less appropriate to being decided as a question of law. See Rouch v. Bisig (1970) 147 Ind.App. 142, 258 N.E.2d 883.