· 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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