Christensen v. Murphy

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that doctrine was not sustainable after abolishment of assumption of risk as a defense by Oregon Legislature
• abolishing doctrine on grounds that supporting policy arguments were flawed and Oregon had abolished assumption of risk by passing comparative negligence statute
• abolishing Fireman's Rule in Oregon because of statutory abolition of implied assumption of risk
• abolishing Fireman's Rule in Oregon because of statutory abolition of implied assumption of risk
• stating that public policy does not support the rule
• rejecting theories underlying firefighters’ rule as inconsistent with modern tort law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).