Breault v. Ford Motor Company

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• assumption of the risk defense not available on grounds of failure to wear seat belt since plaintiff did not know of risk
• “The duty of a plaintiff to take action to mitigate damages typically arises after, and not before, the defendant’s allegedly wrongful conduct has occurred.”
• “If one does what others do in like circumstances, tbe inference that he is conforming to the community standard of reasonable conduct may be so strong in particular circumstances as to establish the individual was not negligent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).