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· 7/14/1970

Ruth v. Lane

Citations

  • 175 S.E.2d 820
  • 254 S.C. 431
  • 1970 S.C. LEXIS 251

How courts have described this case

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  • rejecting the argument that the defenses of contributory negligence and assumption of risk may be merged into the same defense and treated interchangeably
  • explaining the distinction between the two defenses
  • explaining the distinction between the two defenses

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Judges: Bussey, Moss, Lewis, Brailsfoed, Littlejohn, JJ-

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