Lamp v. Reynolds

How courts have described this case

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• récognizing a national split of authority on whether the nature of the defendant’s underlying conduct affects the application of comparative fault principles
• applying comparative-fault principles where the motocross racetrack owners’ wilful and wanton conduct in failing to remove a tree stump from the edge of their racetrack caused a motocross racer’s injuries
• “[Ajlthough a party may contract against hability for harm caused by his ordinary negligence, a party may not insulate himself against liability for gross negligence or wilful and wanton misconduct.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).