Posted On:
May 25, 2010
Video - Alabama Injury Law - Defense Of Assumption Of Risk
This is similar to contributory negligence and is also a favorite of defendants who are sued in Alabama for negligence.
The basic idea is if you, as the injured plaintiff, do the following:
1. See a dangerous condition;
2. Appreciate the danger of it; but yet
3. Put yourself in that dangerous condition anyway
Then the defendant will argue you are not entitled to recover any money because you "assumed the risk" of the injury.
We'll talk more about this but this gives you the overview of this defense.
Please call me at 205-879-2447 if you have any questions regarding this defense.
John Watts
Birmingham, Alabama
