In what situations do injured people "assume the risk" of an accident?
People "assume the risk" in situations where the act or event may be inherently dangerous, but they do the act or attend the event anyway. For example, a zoo contains wild animals that may be dangerous. Simply visiting the zoo is not inherently dangerous as the animals are purposefully kept separate from visitors. However, if someone opens up the tiger cage and is injured, that person "assumed the risk" of injury and the zoo would not likely be liable. Attending a baseball game is another example. The public is presumed to know that foul balls are often hit into the stands and can be dangerous; therefore, the public generally "assumes the risk" of injury. On the other hand, if the pitcher gets angry at the third baseman, throws the ball intending to hit him and hits someone in the stands instead, the injured person would not have assumed the risk of being injured by an angry pitcher. In that situation, the injured person may have a claim for actual and punitive damages.
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