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· 7/15/1887

Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad v. Standen

Citations

  • 22 Neb. 343

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that before a party may proceed with a cause of action involving injury resulting from a recreational or sports activity, reckless or intentional conduct must exist because participants assume the ordinary risks of the activity
  • holding that before a party may proceed with a cause of action involving injury resulting from a recreational or sports activity, reckless or intentional conduct must exist because participants assume the ordinary risks of the activity
  • asserting that failing to apply recklessness standard would “open the floodgates to a myriad of lawsuits involving the backyard games of children”
  • adopting a “reckless or intentional” standard in a case involving children playing “kick the can”
  • adopting a \reckless or intentional\ standard in a case involving children playing \kick the can\
  • applying the recklessness standard to a minor who was injured participating in a recreational game of \kick the can\

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Judges: Cobb, Eeese, Maxwell

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