Court Opinion

ID: 9625055
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 07:26:16.424808+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:06:00.137929
License: Public Domain

Price, J.,
dissenting: It is an elementary rule of law that a person is not to be excused for failure to see that which is in plain view to be seen. There is nothing mysterious about a fire in a stove such as we have here, and neither was there any hidden defect or danger. In answer to question No. 6, the jury found that the unsafe condition of the stove was visible to plaintiff if she had looked. In my opinion the evidence and that finding convict plaintiff of contributory negligence. If she had not stood so close to the stove she would not have been burned.
Thiele, J., concurs in the foregoing dissenting opinion.