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215 Mich. App. 222 - Schmidt v. Youngs’s Empirical Analysis

1996

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
July 1999
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “"A person who engages in the game of golf is not an insurer of the safety of others, and he is only required to exercise ordinary care for the safety of persons reasonably within the range of danger. "Generally, one who is about to strike a golf ball must, in the exercise of ordinary care, give an adequate and timely notice to those who are unaware of his intention to play and who may be endangered by the play. Conversely, there is no duty to give advance warning to persons who are on contiguous holes or fairways, and not in the line of play, if danger to them is not reasonably to be anticipated. Also, where the person injured was in a place where he should have been reasonably safe, and he was aware of the player's intention to play the ball, an oral or audible warning would have been superfluous and is therefore unnecessary." [4 Am.Jur.2d, Amusements and Exhibitions, § 87, pp. 211-212 (1995 interim pamphlet).] [215 Mich.App. at 225, 544 N.W.2d 743 .]”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “: The general rule that may be deduced from the cases hereinbefore cited is that certain risks of accident attend all outdoor sports and recovery may be had only if an injury is the result of negligence that could and should have been avoided by the use of ordinary care. [ Id. at 327 , 244 N.W. 490 .] We note that the Court did not explain the relationship between the risks that”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “one does not ordinarily consent to another's negligence.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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