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· 3/11/1974

Hokanson v. Joplin Rendering Company, Inc.

Citations

  • 509 S.W.2d 107
  • 1974 Mo. LEXIS 543

How courts have described this case

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  • holding plaintiff’s detailed and thorough knowledge of conditions and dangers put plaintiff as a matter of law in position to protect himself equal to that of defendant
  • the regular presence of a greasy floor in a plant with large vats of fatty grease was a ‘known or obvious’ danger
  • Overhead electrical power lines were open and obvious

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Judges: Houser, Stockard, Henley, Finch, Morgan

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