Deborah Furka, Administratrix of the Estate of Paul Furka, Deceased v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “[t]he submission to the jury of the question of [rescuer’s] contributory negligence without reference to the special context of rescue” was error
• holding there was a question of fact regarding the application of the rescue doctrine where plaintiff came to the aid of someone “freezing to death” in an “open boat”
• “Whether or not there was a rescue attempt is, of course, a question for the jury.”
• cases remanded for new trials based on failure to give jury instructions
• misstatement of law governing right to recover

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).