Assumption Of Risk 1) An affirmative defense in a negligence case, in which the defendant claims that the situation (taking a ski-lift, climbing a steep cliff) was so inherently or obviously hazardous that the injured plaintiff must have known of ...
Assumption Of Risk
(n) Assumption Of Risk is the notional acceptance of the hazard or danger associated with an activity by accepting, following or otherwise doing or attempting to do such activities. Eg.1.Participating is ski diving excercises.2.
Assumption of Risk: A doctrine that states if the plaintiff has knowingly accepted the danger of doing something, recovery from the defendant in an action brought for negligence will be barred.
Assumption of Risk: A defense raised in personal injury lawsuits. An Assumption of Risk asserts that the plaintiff knew that a particular activity was dangerous and thus bears all responsibility for any injury (or possibly a death) that resulted.
ASSUMPTION OF RISK: A defense raised in personal injury lawsuits. Asserts that the plaintiff knew that a particular activity was dangerous and thus bears all responsibility for any injury that resulted.
assumption of riskA defense that says that the plaintiff "knew the job was dangerous when he took it," as they say.
assumption of risk - In tort law, a defense to a personal injury suit. The essence of the defense is that the plaintiff assumed the known risk of whatever dangerous condition caused the injury.
Assumption of risk - A doctrine under which a person may not recover for an injury received when he has voluntarily exposed himself to a known danger.
Assumption of Risk
Under the assumption of risk defense, a defendant can avoid liability for his negligence by establishing that the plaintiff voluntarily consented to encounter a known danger created by the defendant's negligence.
assumption of risk
n. 1) taking a chance in a potentially dangerous situation.
Voluntary assumption of risk. This is used as a defense in tort when a person engages in an event, accepting and aware of the risks inherent in that event.
Voluntary assumption of risk. A defence in tort that means where a person engages in an event accepting and aware of the risks inherent in that event, then they can not later complain of, or seek compensation for an injury suffered during the event.
see also accord alibi assumption of risk coercion consent contributory negligence at negligence denial diminished capacity duress entrapment estoppel fraud infancy insanity intoxication laches mistake necessity res judicata statute of limitations ...
Volenti non fit injuria Voluntary assumption of risk. A defence in tort that means where a person engages in an event accepting and aware of the risks inherent in that event, then they can not later complain of, ...
 See also: Defend, Defendant, Court, Plaintiff, Cases
  
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