Lutz v. Peine

How courts have described this case

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

• violation of a duty or a law by plaintiff is contributory negligence that bars plaintiffs recovery if it is a proximate cause of the injury
• no suspicion of compromise verdict can be made because of inadequate damages when the jury found plaintiff guilty of contributory negligence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).