Opinion

Olson v. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range Railway Co.

  • 213 Minn. 106
  • 5 N.W.2d 492
  • 1942 Minn. LEXIS 490
Court
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Filed
Jul 31, 1942
Status
Published
Author
Gallagher
On the bench
Olson, Peterson, Gallagher
Cited by
33 cases

holding that the standard of conduct required in a negligence action is an objective standard, which is not the conduct of the individual but that of an ordinarily prudent person

How later courts described this case

  • holding that the standard of conduct required in a negligence action is an objective standard, which is not the conduct of the individual but that of an ordinarily prudent person

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Gallagher, Chief Justice

(dissenting).

I concur in the dissent of Mr. Justice Peterson.

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