Urton v. Sherlock

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to allow recovery, based on public policy, to police officer injured while attempting to pull passenger from wrecked automobile
• refusing to allow recovery, based on public policy, to police officer injured while attempting to pull passenger from wrecked automobile
• fireman's rule supported by policy considerations arising from responsibilities of police and firefighters, and the relationship between citizens and police and firefighters
• “This basis for the [firefighter’s] rule is currently without justification given the modern rejection of the licensee-invitee distinction”
• ‘‘[t]his basis for the rule is currently without justification, given the modern rejection of the licensee-invitee distinction in New Hampshire’’
• “The assumption of the risk doctrine ... has little vitality today in light of the trend towards comparative negligence. See, e.g., RSA 507:7-d (Supp.1986).”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).