Barnes v. Akins

Citations

• 101 Kan. 359
• 166 P. 474
• 1917 Kan. LEXIS 94

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Master And Servant — Icy Sidetoalk — Personal Injuries — Assumption of Risk. In an action brought by an employee who was injured by slipping upon an icy sidewalk while helping to carry goods from his employer’s store during a fire, the negligence relied upon being the failure to cover the walk with some material rendering it less slippery, it is held that the plaintiff is precluded from recovering by the fact that he knew the condition of the walk and must be deemed to have assumed the risk resulting therefrom because of the obviousness of the danger.</p>