Rinard v. Y B H Sales & Service Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate ·

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1. “). Under the terms of the purchase agreement he was entitled to service for a limited time. On June 1, 1959, the defendant delivered the car to YBH for a check-up and was requested to accompany Eugen Makariw, the plaintiff's decedent, then a mechanic employed by YBH, on a road test. While the defendant was in the driver's seat and Makariw was alongside him the car struck a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Makariw v. Rinard

2. “* * * contributory negligence as a matter of law should be declared only in a very clear case and only where the evidence of such is so clear and palpable that there is no room for fair and sensible men to differ in their conclusions as to its existence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Brough v. Strathmann Supply Co.